Arne Slot does little for the stereotype of Dutch bluntness. The Liverpool boss has more or less said it how it is at Anfield so far — which makes the latest sentiment from him and compatriot Cody Gakpo all the more significant.

It would be a gross disservice to overlook Jurgen Klopp's status as a brilliant tactician, but he was also always something of a cheerleader as well. From day one, when he called for fans to go from doubters to believers, he was on a mission to get the supporters on board.

Indeed, he continued that mission right down to his final day with the club, leading Anfield in a chant to welcome Slot. By comparison to that, the former Feyenoord boss has been positively austere since arriving in the Premier League.

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Like Klopp, he set the tone early. In his first Liverpool press conference, he took a reporter to task for suggesting his Feyenoord side had played 4-2-3-1 — the devil has been in the detail ever since, with Slot at his best when engaging on a football level.

When the heavily-trodden Trent Alexander-Arnold midfield debate was put to him, he settled it at a stroke by simply saying he had three players who he felt were better there. He is not one to pay lip service. And that's how you can tell he meant it when he called for "incredible support" against Spurs. He instructed fans to do their utmost to make it "another memorable Anfield night".

Even for a straight-talking pragmatist, the aura of Anfield is very much real. Regardless of the tactical battles, there is always the potential for the stadium to play its part, twisting and transforming a contest in favor of Liverpool.

And Gakpo believes Anfield rose to the occasion against Spurs. He credited the atmosphere with a hand in the result: "I think the stadium helped a lot," Gakpo told Sky Sports after the match. "We knew we had to come back. We went out there and tried to bring as much chances as possible. With the quality we have, we know we are going to get chances — it was a great win. They [fans] helped us a lot and it gives us extra energy. We are very happy with these fans."

Liverpool.com says: Sure enough, it was an excellent atmosphere inside Anfield. From my seat in the new upper tier of the Anfield Road End, I hardly heard the Spurs fans directly below me all evening.

As ever, it was symbiotic: the players were feeding off the crowd, who in turn were taking their energy from the performance on the pitch. But there was certainly a symmetry in how the Liverpool players and supporters were both on it all night, not giving Tottenham a look in.

Ultimately, there will be games where Slot, Gakpo and the rest need Anfield even more, because Spurs did not put up much of a resistance. But if the fans can continue rising to the occasion for the remainder of the campaign, the sky appears to be the limit for this Liverpool side.