Plymouth manager Miron Muslic has revealed his admiration for Liverpool head coach Arne Slot saw him travel to watch the Dutchman's Feyenoord team a couple of times while he was in his previous role.

Muslic replaced Wayne Rooney as Plymouth boss last month having previously been head coach at Belgian side Cercle Bruges. The Austrian has a tricky task ahead with The Pilgrims sitting rock bottom of the Championship table with 14 matches to play.

"He's a coach I really admire, he's a coach I look up to, and he's a coach I try to learn [from]," Muslic said of Slot ahead of the visit of Liverpool. "When I see them playing I try to understand what they are doing, what they are preparing.

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"That's why I also traveled two times in my period in Bruges, because it's just around the corner. I traveled two times to Rotterdam to see Slot's Feyenoord, to learn.

"So if someone could manage in world football — I'm not saying to forget almost Jurgen Klopp — and put another fingerprint on it, it's Slot, and he's a complete coach."

While Plymouth has been struggling in the league, the game with Liverpool offers a chance to experience something different. And Muslic has hopes that his team can spring a surprise against the Reds.

"We believe that we can be uncomfortable, that we can be very hard to beat and very hard to play," he said. "We showed it against Sunderland away and also against West Brom, two teams trying to reach the Premier League level.

"Liverpool is another step, Liverpool is another category. Liverpool can find another gear very, very quickly and that's OK, we won't stop this, but we have also some things that we can show, and we can also learn from this game."