Arne Slot’s critics in the Liverpool fanbase may suggest he shouldn’t bring up this club landmark, but history indicates not doing so would have been a greater surprise. The Dutchman reaches a century of games in charge of the Reds. Only three of his supposedly permanent predecessors did not, and even then, one of them, Kenny Dalglish, had already done so in his first spell at the helm. It leaves only Roy Hodgson and the long-forgotten secretary-manager George Patterson who did not enter the hundred club.
Dalglish has a particular pertinence to Slot now. The Scot’s second stint ended soon after an FA Cup final, which could offer a parallel. But so far, Dalglish holds the record for most wins in the first 100, with 62. Should Slot beat Galatasaray in Istanbul, he will displace the club legend from the top of that particular table.
