Liverpool analysis: Can Arne Slot find his best midfield as Champions League race intensifies?
Arne Slot has learnt plenty about his Liverpool side lately, but as the campaign enters its most decisive month, finding the ideal midfield trio is vital to ending the Premier League season strongly.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Ruben Picardo Ashworth takes a look at how the Reds’ win over Everton raised questions about who should start in midfield.
Liverpool analysis: Five reasons why the wheel has fallen off for Arne Slot’s Reds
Liverpool’s 3-0 loss to Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup on the night of Wednesday, October 29, continued their poor run of form to make it six losses out of their last seven games.
The Reds fielded an unusual starting line-up for their match against Palace, with five of their players featuring from the academy or making their senior debut.
Big players such as Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah, Hugo Ekitike, Dominik Szoboszlai and Florian Wirtz were all rested from the squad.
Liverpool weren’t able to carry the momentum gained from their UEFA Champions League 5-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt into the Brentford game on Saturday, October 25, as they were comfortably beaten at the G-Tech 3-1, mounting pressure on the club’s hopes of retaining the Premier League.
Sports News Blitz writer Will Thomas explores what’s going wrong for the Reds.
Liverpool analysis: Fitness key to success; Salah and Szoboszlai shine; Reds chill as title beckons
Back-to-back 2-0 wins over Manchester City and Newcastle have seen Liverpool extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table to 13 points.
Sports News Blitz’s resident Reds writer and Liverpool fan Jack Burgess delves a little deeper into the position Arne Slot’s men find themselves in at the PL summit.