Slotte: There was something wrong with the team in the second half of last season. Arsenal and Chelsea also need to set the ball

Sports 9:03am, 4 October 2025 181

Slott was interviewed a few days ago and admitted that Liverpool is trying to find a new rhythm and has been worried since the second half of last season.

After losing to Crystal Palace and Galatasaray one after another, Liverpool is about to challenge Chelsea away, which is just the second time Slot has suffered a streak of losses during his coaching period. The coach expects it will be a close match and the outcome will depend on the critical moments, especially the set piece.

In 2025, cracking intensive defense has been the theme of Liverpool. Although they did a good job in this area in the final stage of last season, Slot discovered some problems at the time and realized that it needed to be corrected by introducing multiple new players.

statistics support this, when Slot took office from Feyenoord, Liverpool scored 47 goals in his first 19 Premier League games, 40 of which came from sports. However, the subsequent 19 games were very different, with the total number of goals falling to 39 goals and the sports game goals falling to 27 goals.

Slott believes that Liverpool's headaches when playing against teams that retreated to defend were overshadowed by their ability to score corners and free kicks. But this season, their set piece output has dropped again.

Slott said: "In the past two games we lost, we lost some very simple ball rights, which exacerbated the feeling that 'Did we play so badly? '. We had a 2-0 lead against Bournemouth, and it was a very, very good game, probably better than we did in any of the second half of last season."

"But then we lost two goals and everyone started to be more negative about it. I can give a few other examples, against Madrid Athletics, the game started unbelievable, but then they got back, and suddenly the public opinion was no longer so positive. "

"We were very happy to win the league championship at that time, but we did not turn a blind eye to the situation in the second half of the season. How many times did we need to rely on set pieces to win. This is not a bad thing, because Arsenal and Chelsea currently require set pieces almost every game. "

It is speculated that the addition of Isaac and Werz will bring a new style to Liverpool in time. But as far as Wiltz is concerned, despite his chances, he still looks like the game is too fast to show his influence in the game.

Slott said: "If you look at our schedule, the only way we can improve our team is through video conferencing," it's not new, so it's not an excuse, it's the case. ”