Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot stated “outcomes don’t lie” after a three-game shedding streak as he known as for defensive enhancements forward of Manchester United’s go to to Anfield on Sunday.
The Premier League champions gained their opening seven video games of the season in all competitions, however poor performances have been masked by a collection of late targets.
Liverpool suffered defeats to Crystal Palace, Galatasaray within the Champions League and Chelsea earlier than the worldwide break, leaving them to fall one level behind title rivals Arsenal.
After romping to the title final season, Liverpool splashed out almost £450 million ($604 million) on new signings, paying club-record charges for Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz, neither of whom have but scored a Premier League objective.
On the different finish of the pitch, Slot’s males have conceded two or extra targets in 4 of their seven Premier League video games.
“We’ve performed 10, gained seven and misplaced three. The three loses have been by shut margins,” Slot stated at his pre-match press convention on Friday.
“However as I hold saying, we shouldn’t be depending on such margins.
“Outcomes don’t lie — in case you lose three in a row then it’s a must to do higher. We’re conscious of that and we’ve to react.”
Mohamed Salah’s sensational type propelled Liverpool to the title final season, however the 33-year-old Egyptian has up to now struggled to regulate to the modifications made to the aspect through the switch window.
Slot pinpointed a scarcity of game-changing moments from his star-studded ahead line and issues at set-pieces.
“We haven’t created as many possibilities as final season and there’s a purpose for that — the taking part in type of the opponent, and we’ve to seek out solutions to that,” he stated.
“The primary reply is to not concede as many targets as we did. If a crew scores one or two targets then we want three targets.
“Within the first half of final season we primarily acquired these targets from a particular second from one in all our entrance three. The second half (of the season) we would have liked set items towards a low block.
“This season we haven’t had these particular moments and we haven’t scored from set items.
“It’s clear that conceding 4 targets from set items is way an excessive amount of for a crew that desires to compete.”
Goalkeeper Alisson Becker stays out with a hamstring harm, however there was higher harm information for Liverpool as Ryan Gravenberch is match to face United regardless of coming off injured for the Netherlands through the worldwide break.
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