Meet the real Arne Slot: LEWIS STEELE reveals how flying Dutchman fell in love with Liverpool, what's changed from Jurgen Klopp era and his surprising matchday superstition

There are two scenes which perfectly paint the picture of how Arne Slot is slowly falling in love with Liverpool and how the Kop has grown to adore this low-key but smooth operator. Liverpool had just made a fellow Champions League team, Unai Emery's Aston Villa, look bang average to pull five points clear atop the Premier League with their 15th win in Slot's first 17 games. Arne Slot is slowly falling in love with Liverpool - and the Kop have grown to adore their new smooth operator In a previous outing his side made a fellow Champions League outfit in Aston Villa look average First and foremost, though, Slot is a family man Slot strolled over to the Kop with a spring in his step and gave those jubilant fans the strongest show of affection yet. He chose not to move into the club-owned property formerly rented by Jurgen Klopp and his family are still settled in the Netherlands The 2-0 win on the road to Ipswich was Slot's promising first game as new Liverpool manager The Dutch manager's football brain has been compared to that of Spain and Barcelona icon Sergio Busquets 'He would always say to the coach, 'Yeah, but what if this happens?' The Reds boss has a rather quirky superstition, refusing to look at a clock at exactly 13.13 He is known to prefer the word 'we' to 'I' and previously claimed it was unfair that only the head coach gets the credit for a team effort Slot has insisted he has simply kept the status quo and not changed much from the Jurgen Klopp era In press conferences, Slot is coy and gives little away.