Liverpool Coach Arne Slot On Champions League Draw: ‘Facing Teams Like Inter Milan Proves Something’ | OneFootball

Liverpool coach Arne Slot feels that “facing teams like Inter Milan proves something” for his side in the Champions League.

Slot gave his thoughts after the Champions League draw, via FCInterNews.

Today, UEFA held the draw for the league phase of the Champions League.

This will be the second season in which the first phase of the competition is a 36-team mini-league, in which each team faces eight other teams.

This as opposed to the group stage consisting of eight groups of four teams.

The new format has meant that each team plays at least eight matches, rather than six.

Furthermore, it entails each team facing eight different opponents, rather than three home and away.

Inter Milan learned who their opponents will be in the draw.

The Nerazzurri will face the likes of Liverpool, Arsenal, Slavia Prague, and Kairat Almaty at home.

Away, meanwhile, the Nerazzurri will take on the likes of Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, Ajax, and Union Saint-Gilloise,

Slot: “Facing Teams Like Inter Proves Something” For Liverpool

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – AUGUST 15: Arne Slot, Manager of Liverpool, acknowledges the fans after the team’s victory in the Premier League match between Liverpool and Bournemouth at Anfield on August 15, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Liverpool will certainly be one of the most significant challenges that Inter face in the league phase.

The Reds are the reigning champions of England at the moment.

And Liverpool coach Arne Slot declared that “playing against teams like Inter, Atletico Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt, and Marseille, proves the strength of the competition we’re up against.”