Shortly before the turn of the year, Liverpool FC drew conclusions for the negative run in the first half of the year.
As champions, Liverpool FC started the Premier League again this year with great ambitions. But after 18 match days and a week-long result crisis, the dream of winning the championship is far away. There has been speculation for weeks about Coach Arne Slot’s possible departure.
But so far the club bosses have remained loyal to the Dutchman. Ex-Salzburg coach Matthias Jaissle, Luis Enrique from Paris Saint-Germain, Cesc Fabregas and Zinedine Zidane were recently considered possible candidates. Xabi Alonso would only be an issue at Anfield if he were released from Real Madrid. Oliver Glasner was also traded again and again.
Although the defending champions are currently back in fourth place in the table and at least qualifying for the Champions League seems possible, they are increasingly struggling with the results.
Million-dollar transfers don’t work
In addition, the million-dollar transfers from Florian Wirtz or Alexander Isak have not yet paid off. The German only scored his first league goal in the Reds jersey at the weekend. There was also the public dispute with superstar Mohamed Salah.
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The weakness in standard situations is particularly blatant at the moment. Twelve goals conceded resulted from corners or free kicks; no team in the league conceded more. Only 2.4 goals are scored per 100 set pieces when taking free kicks or corners. Only Brentford FC is worse in this statistic.
Coach has to leave because of horror statistics
Just two days before the turn of the year, those responsible pulled the ripcord. The first member of Slot’s coaching staff has to pack his bags.
Aaron Briggs, the standards coach, was sacked with immediate effect and not replaced. His agendas are divided among the existing supervisory staff. “We defended so many set pieces very well. But the fact is that we conceded too many goals that way and that hurts. We have to improve that,” complained captain Virgil van Dijk recently in frustration.
