Enzo Maresca gives honest Arne Slot verdict as Chelsea boss explains Liverpool danger

Enzo Maresca believes Arne Slot is a "very good manager" and has praised Liverpool ahead of their clash with Chelsea at the weekend.

on Sunday hoping to build on their impressive early season form which has resulted in them sitting fourth in the table. The Reds are currently top, however, and have won six of their seven league games, conceding just two in the process.

Sunday should be a good test for side and ahead of the fixture the Italian was asked to give his verdict on Slot and how his team have fared post

"They are doing fantastic," . "Very good players, very good manager, very good club. It's already many years Liverpool are there, so they are continuing to do that and that is important for them."

Slot was equally as complementary during his pre-match press conference and described the match against the Blues as his side's toughest test yet. "If you look at the table it is [the toughest challenge]," Slot admitted, reports

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"Man Utd is a top club and spent a lot, same for Chelsea in this season but they have done really well. League table, they are the toughest [so far] but it is not always about the table, we had some troubles at Wolves too, but it is a challenge, for sure.

"Very important [to be good defensively]. If you want to achieve something we need to be stable defensively, we have done that so far. Now we face even better players. Chelsea, like United, have a lot of great players and we have to control that as a team but we also have to create our own chances too. Good thing is we have players who can score. An interesting game on Sunday."