Liverpool manager Arne Slot will be hoping his side can get back to winning ways in the Champions League when they take on PSV Eindhoven at Anfield later today.
The Reds are stuck in a deep rut, having lost five of their last six matches across all competitions.
Slot admitted that Liverpool’s situation is not ideal. They are conceding an alarming number of goals, and a chunk of them have come from set-pieces.
He revealed that his side had not conceded a set-piece at this point last season, but have already shipped nine this term.
Slot said (via Hayters TV): “The amount of goals we’ve conceded and the amount of goals coming from set pieces is, again, close to ridiculous.”
The Reds need to improve their defending against set-pieces. Bringing in a specialist coach might be a solution worth considering.
Arsenal, Chelsea and Brentford have benefited from having set-piece coaches. They have become better at both ends of the pitch.
Why has Liverpool’s defending been poor this season?
Defender Ibrahima Konate is going through a rough patch and looks susceptible.
Konate has delivered several shabby performances at the back, but Slot cannot drop him due to the lack of options.
The club’s full-back additions, Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong, have not covered themselves in glory.
They have struggled to fit in at the Merseyside club, leaving more holes than they have plugged.
The lack of pressing intensity is also an issue that they must resolve. Liverpool are not as sharp and as aggressive as they were last season.
Liverpool are also weak in midfield. Ryan Gravenberch has been a serviceable defensive midfielder, but that position needs a specialist to screen the back four.
