In a Formby mansion on Victoria Road, 13 miles from Anfield, two chief architects of Liverpool’s re-emergence as a superpower are mapping out the course towards the club’s 20th league title.

The Liverpool head coach always cuts a relaxed figure and, speaking ahead of the game against Tottenham, Slot said his approach is dictated by the environment he walked into last summer.

Federico Chiesa, who has underwhelmed and barely played — and made only a minor tweak to a lineup pretty much molded by Klopp, installing Ryan Gravenberch as the first-choice defensive midfielder and playing Alexis Mac Allister in a slightly deeper role alongside him.