Overview

• Liverpool manager Arne Slot and Leicester City’s Ruud van Nistelrooy will face off at Anfield on Boxing Day, rekindling their rivalry from the Dutch Eredivisie.
• Slot’s Feyenoord won the 2022-23 Eredivisie title despite failing to defeat Van Nistelrooy’s PSV Eindhoven, losing once and drawing once during the season.
• Van Nistelrooy, who recently took over at Leicester, has struggled after an initial uplift, with the team suffering back-to-back heavy defeats to Newcastle and Wolves.
• Slot praised Van Nistelrooy’s managerial abilities, noting his success at PSV despite key player departures, and expressed confidence in his own squad, including former PSV star Cody Gakpo.
• Liverpool, currently top of the Premier League, will be without injured defenders Ibrahima Konaté and Conor Bradley but aim to avoid any complacency after a dominant win over Tottenham.