Arne Slot says he knows what winning the league title will mean for fans of Liverpool and that he feels a responsibility to make a day to remember on Sunday.
The Reds only need one point against Tottenham in Anfield to confirm their 20th title, so that Manchester United is leveling the most successful English teams.
And the boss says he knows how much it will mean for the red half of the city and his fans. Asked if he understood the enormous size of the occasion, he said: “Yes. I think I do that. Like every fan around the world, we all watched Liverpool won the competition five years ago.
'I think I know a little about what it means for this club and the fans. But to be part of it, will probably be different. But we still need a point.
'It is a big responsibility because we are aware of the fact that the last time this club won the competition, it was, so everyone is looking forward to Sunday. But we are aware that there is still a task to do and that is (to win) one point.
'I know how difficult it was to win against a team that was almost relegation (Leicester last week). It was difficult to win the victory on the line. I'm not dragged along at all. '
Slot was told that he was removed from the legendary status at Anfield, but said: “Yes, but I prefer to keep it inches and not what happens afterwards because there is still a centimeter to do.”
The Liverpool team came together on Wednesday when the title could have been won if Arsenal lost to Crystal Palace-Ze Pad 2-2 and his family will be present in Anfield on Sunday to see what his second competition title will be after a triumph with Feyenoord.
The 46-year-old tries to keep a low profile this week, but has had some interactions with fans. He said: 'Sometimes when I drive on the highway, they come up next to you (waves with his hand), right next to you for 500 meters or so.
'There are not many interactions to make because I go from the training place to my house, I open the gate and drive my house inside.
“Yesterday, when I wanted to have lunch, I thought:” S ***, I have nothing in my fridge “. So I had to go to the supermarket. It was in and out, but there was someone who wanted to take pictures of me. But I don't go out that much, so there are not many options to talk to me. '
Slot added that his team can only get better. “Parts of the season that we might have been quite close to (what I want) or phases in a game, but in general, every manager who works at a top club wants control over a game, every minute of the game, but that is hardly possible,” he said.
“There were also phases during the season or during competitions where we did not have that control, so I think we can do it and we have to be even better than we are now and we can, that is definitely my opinion.”