With no Premier League game until February 4 when Liverpool visit Wolves, Jurgen Klopp has ample opportunity to get to work on the training ground.
Victory on their last trip to Molineux, on Tuesday evening, has set up an FA Cup fourth round tie at Brighton before January is out, but with just three games in as many weeks, Klopp still has more than enough time to try and iron out at least some of the problems that are holding his side back now.
In truth, there are a myriad of issues that are unlikely to be instantly fixed by some quality time on the training pitches but Klopp does at least have some breathing space to work in ahead of his team's next league outing.
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Having shipped six goals in consecutive league games at Brentford and Brighton, Liverpool looked a more solid prospect on Saturday against Chelsea as teenager Stefan Bajcetic was dropped in for his full Premier League debut alongside Thiago Alcantara and Naby Keita, who himself was making his first league start since May.
Liverpool, as a unit, looked more sturdy at home to the Londoners but that improvement can be caveated by the form Graham Potter's team have also been in over the last few months and the fact a more robust performance did come at the expense of any real attacking zest.
Injuries to the likes of Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino have undoubtedly hurt on that front and with Darwin Nunez not able to play from the start, it left Harvey Elliott stationed awkwardly on the left of the front three alongside new-boy Cody Gakpo and an out-of-sorts Mohamed Salah.
Try as he might, Klopp just can't quite seem to find the right balance at the moment and a 10-point gap between them and the top four looks ominous for hopes of hosting Champions League football at Anfield next term.
"This season in general and the last few weeks in particular have not been easy for us," says captain Jordan Henderson. "We have not been at our best or anywhere near as consistent as we need to be and the standards that we have set for ourselves have not been met.
"To say it has not been good enough would be an understatement. Again, though, being at Liverpool means this does not just need to improve - it has to improve. We can't just accept it and settle for falling short either in games or over the course of the season. This club stands for much more than that and anyone who is fortunate enough to play here knows that nothing but the best will ever be good enough."
Klopp has spoken in recent press conferences about how it will take some time and patience before fans are seeing the sort of football that has become expected under the talismanic German, and while that might not be a point that resonates with those understandably desperate for an immediate upturn in form and fortunes, it is a theme that is echoed by Alisson Becker.
“I think just because of the moment we’re in, everybody wants to change everything immediately, but it’s not like that," Alisson told LFCTV after Saturday's game. “We have to build our game up again, we have to be patient.
“I want to change it immediately as well, but we have to be honest with ourselves, we have to trust the process, we have to stay positive, stick together, and keep working on the things we’re working on. We’re working really hard. Anybody can tell we’re not doing the things we used to do. We’ll wait for things to get better for us."
Trent Alexander-Arnold adds: "When you are at a big club like Liverpool, people are going to really say it's a bad season and this and that. But we know we're surrounded by top-quality teams and the league is getting better and better every year. So it's a lot harder than it was, even just a few years ago.
"People expect us to be immaculate every season and we're not allowed to have off-seasons and there's a level of consistency that is demanded. But we demand that from ourselves too. Of course it's a season that we've not been overly happy with so far but there's still a long time left.
"I wouldn't write us off by any means. There will come a time when things click into place and we will be back to where we are. I think we have to go back to basics and find where the problems are and try and use them to our advantage so we can get back to what we know is Liverpool and play like a Liverpool team. That's the important part for us."
The outward communication from the key figures of the Liverpool dressing room remain strong and consistent; they are all firmly committed to turning around a campaign that is threatening to turn into a disastrous one.
Actions, though, speak louder than words and if the public messages are all seemingly making the right noises, the same will have to be done on the inside of the AXA Training Centre if there is anything left to salvage.
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