Liverpool’s 2022/23 season has rapidly become a barrel of contradictions. Despite the most tightly packed schedule since organised football began, thanks to a mid-season World Cup, external circumstances mean the Reds will have gone four weeks without a league match when they host Brighton on Saturday.
In defence, they don’t allow that many shots but when they do they tend to be high value chances. This has led them to them being punished at a high rate and repeatedly conceding similar goals to go behind in games.
While this has been occurring at the back, the Reds have been trying to integrate Darwin Nunez up front. The Uruguayan is the most traditional striker that Liverpool have signed for many years, and his relative lack of playing time has meant the process of adding him to the attack has not run smoothly.
