Arne Slot has said his new full-backs are not to blame for Liverpool’s defensive issues this season but his team must improve at set pieces given their increasing importance in the modern game.
Liverpool have been vulnerable throughout an otherwise impressive start to the campaign and conceded seven goals in six league games so far. Slot’s side conceded two in the first six games of last season’s title-winning season. The introduction of two new full backs, Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez, has been cited as a contributory factor as Liverpool adapt to the end of the Trent Alexander-Arnold/Andy Robertson era. But Slot insists the problem is collective, and identified Liverpool’s set-piece defending as in need of improvement after Crystal Palace scored from two to beat the champions on Saturday.
