Liverpool aren’t near being the completed product after the summer time overhaul, however they’re at present one level higher off in comparison with the identical fixtures final season.
It’s no secret that Liverpool have struggled for type this season, and their three successive defeats throughout all competitions shone a brighter mild on the work that also must be carried out.
Arne Slot has modified his personnel and system and with it has seen Liverpool relinquish the management in matches that they have been praised for final season.
All that mentioned, Liverpool are literally one level higher off in comparison with final season’s corresponding fixtures (which sees Burnley exchange Ipswich).
That’s all the way down to Slot’s aspect turning attracts in opposition to Arsenal (H) and Newcastle (A) into victories and matching their victories in opposition to Bournemouth, Burnley/Ipswich and Everton.
Conversely, the journey to Palace returned zero factors this time round in comparison with three final season, whereas there was a second successive defeat at Chelsea.
The latter, nonetheless, should be remembered within the context that Liverpool have been nonetheless celebrating their league title after they made that journey final season, whereas this time they got here up in opposition to a aspect besieged by harm.
The objectives for and in opposition to are additionally extremely comparable which, if we have a look at it from a glass half full perspective, exhibits promising indicators for when Liverpool do, lastly, click on.
There are apparent areas for concern and adjustments Slot must make to make sure it is a profitable season, however Liverpool have at the very least given themselves a basis to work from.
As for the way the Reds evaluate seven video games into the league season, they’re down three factors in comparison with 2024/25.
Nevertheless, final season that run included only one match in opposition to the earlier marketing campaign’s high eight, whereas Slot’s aspect have already confronted three groups from that a part of the ladder this time round.
For a crew that has but to point out any indicators of taking part in at their finest persistently, it’s definitely one thing Slot can construct on if he can get his gamers doing the fundamentals effectively once more.
