The Reds picked up three more points on Boxing Day, following a 3-1 victory at home to Leicester.
Next up for Liverpool is Sunday’s trip to the London Stadium, as they take on an unpredictable West Ham side.
Here’s all you need to know ahead of the game.
1. No new injuries for Liverpool
Conor Bradley and Ibrahima Konate are still missing for Liverpool, but they are the only injury absentees.
Bradley continues to nurse a hamstring issue, while Konate has a knee problem, and Slot has not yet ruled out either marking a return against Man United on January 5.
Otherwise, Arne Slot has an almost full squad to choose from.
2. No Szoboszlai in east London
There may be no fresh injuries for Slot to worry about this weekend, but he will be without Dominik Szoboszlai.
The Hungarian picked up a yellow card against Leicester soon after coming on, which was his fifth booking of the season in the league.
That means Szoboszlai has to sit out a game he would have started to serve a one-match ban.
Ryan Gravenberch, Cody Gakpo and Darwin Nunez, meanwhile, are still a booking away from a one-match suspension.
3. West Ham turning the corner?
It would be an overreaction to say that West Ham are flying currently, but they have turned a corner under Julen Lopetegui.
The Spaniard was under huge pressure earlier in the campaign, but his Hammers side are now unbeaten in their last four games.
There have been two wins and draws apiece in that time, including a 1-0 victory away to Southampton on Boxing Day.
West Ham sit 13th in the table and one point ahead of Man United (funny!).
4. Possible Liverpool XI
The majority of Liverpool’s team picks itself unless Slot surprises us all with some rogue selections.
Kostas Tsimikas could come in for Andy Robertson, giving the Scot a breather, but the rest of the defence should stay the same.
With Szoboszlai suspended, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister and Curtis Jones will likely make up the midfield again.
In attack, Mohamed Salah is a certainty to start, while Cody Gakpo should keep his place and Luis Diaz has a good chance of returning to lead the line.
Possible Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Jones; Salah, Gakpo, Diaz
5. Who’s missing for West Ham?
West Ham have a number of absentees heading into the weekend, not least Michail Antonio, who continues to recover from a car crash. We wish him well.
Lukasz Fabianski is out after suffering a nasty head injury against Southampton, and Max Kilman and Carlos Soler are missing, too.
Lucas Paqueta is back after suspension, but midfield pair Guido Rodriguez and Tomas Soucek miss out for that reason.
It is a West Ham squad that feels down to the bare bones, with Lopetegui saying, “it’s a time to highlight the word ‘team’ with capital letters because we have a lot of problems.”
Possible West Ham XI: Areola; Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Todibo, Emerson; Alvarez; Bowen, Paqueta, Kudus, Summerville; Fullkrug
6. Slot loving pressure of Liverpool job
Speaking to the media on Friday, Slot said he welcomes the pressure of being Liverpool’s head coach, accepting that he signed up for that:
“You’re sitting in front of the Liverpool manager, so there is always pressure at this club.
“If we are one, two, three, four or five in the table, if you work at a big club like Liverpool, there is always pressure.
“It’s not so strange for a club like us to be top of the league but we know how many good teams there are in this league and they are able to win almost every game as well.
“So there’s no extra pressure, there is always pressure if you work at a club like Liverpool.”
