Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot didn’t sound too upbeat about his crew’s season as far as he was once requested to analyse the place the Reds are at via this midway degree of the marketing campaign.
Slot’s facet have been held to a irritating 0-0 draw at house to Leeds United the day prior to this night, and it’s truthful to mention the Dutch tactician was once no longer feeling too certain about issues in his post-match press convention afterwards.
Liverpool received the Premier League identify with relative ease ultimate season, however Slot is discovering issues way more tough this time period, together with his facet now in fourth position, 12 issues at the back of league leaders Arsenal.
Talking after the Leeds recreation, Slot admitted that many video games were a battle for his gamers up to now this season.
Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot reacts right through the 0-0 draw vs Leeds (Picture via Carl Recine/Getty Pictures)Arne Slot assesses Liverpool’s season after 0-0 draw vs Leeds United
When requested to charge the season up to now and stay up for what Liverpool may just pass on to reach, Slot didn’t sound too certain, regardless of some slight growth in effects just lately.
“We started really well in terms of results,” Slot mentioned.
“Games were really close. Then we had a phase of the season where games were still really close but we were constantly unlucky.
“Now I think we’ve been seven or eight games in a row unbeaten, but if you say this you feel like ‘wow, they are flying through the league’, but that’s not what we’re doing.
“Every single game we play, it’s hard work, it’s two teams quite close to each other.”
He added: “Hopefully we can find a moment where we can fly through this season, but for the first 19 games it has been a constant battle…sometimes a bit lucky, sometimes a bit unlucky.”
Liverpool can nonetheless have a just right season
Liverpool are obviously no longer clicking like they have been ultimate season, however are there most likely some positives to take into the second one part of the season?
Contemporary effects have certainly been higher, with LFC getting better from a run the place they received simply 3 out of 12 video games and misplaced the opposite 9.
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Slot’s facet are actually unbeaten of their ultimate 8 video games, profitable 5 of the ones and conceding handiest six objectives after having a look massively shaky on the again previous to that.
On most sensible of that, summer time signings like Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez have began to turn indicators of growth after to begin with being gradual to settle at Anfield, so they might give the crew a boost in the second one part of the season.
