LIVERPOOL, England -- With seconds remaining in Liverpool's Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur, Arne Slot turned on the touchline and blew a kiss to his family in the stands. It was a quiet, understated gesture from the man who has, in that same manner, achieved the unthinkable in his debut season at Anfield.
If it was Jürgen Klopp who turned Liverpool supporters from doubters to believers, then it's Slot who has ensured that well of belief has not run dry.
Klopp, in his first news conference as Liverpool boss in 2015, described himself as "The Normal One" as a tongue-in-cheek nod to Jose Mourinho's self-proclaimed title, "The Special One.