More defensive opponents making life hard for champions but manager says Wirtz and different tactics will bear fruit
Don’t panic. Stay calm. The advice from Virgil van Dijk and Curtis Jones was Zen-like in its reassurance in midweek as Liverpool digested back-to-back defeats for the second time under Arne Slot.
Slot remained relaxed and upbeat on Friday too, sprinkling his press conference with several unprompted reminders that the team he was defending from rare criticism are top of the Premier League. Again. But behind the soothing messages and positive league table there are undeniable issues with Liverpool’s form that, according to Slot himself, run deeper than the opening 10 games of the campaign.
Written by Andy Hunter
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/03/liverpool-arne-slot-rhythm-florian-wirtz under the title “Liverpool out of tune but Arne Slot working on finding better rhythm”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
