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Liverpool head coach Arne Slot(Image: Michael Regan - The FA/The FA via Getty Images)

The Premier League season starts on Friday.

And Liverpool are not ready.

You could see that against Crystal Palace on Sunday in the Community Shield.



The three lads who played there – Dominik Szoboszlai, Curtis Jones and Florian Wirtz – are the three lesser defensively out of all the options available to Arne Slot.

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They just didn’t get a grip with the Palace midfield throughout, and that put a lot more pressure on the centre-backs than would usually be the case.

There have to be some concerns going into the opening Premier League game against Bournemouth at Anfield on Friday, particularly with Ryan Gravenberch missing through suspension.

Slot has to hope Alexis Mac Allister will be fit enough to start and get through most of the game, but who starts alongside the Argentina international will be interesting.

Ignore those who say the Community Shield is merely a glorified friendly.

They have good attacking players and they were able to capitalise on some sloppy play from Liverpool.

Both Palace goals could have been avoided with simple defending.

There’s plenty for Slot to consider this week.

Minority ruin Palace's good name

It was disgusting how a handful of Crystal Palace supporters disrupted the period of silence in tribute and memory of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva.

I have praised Palace fans over the years.

It was disgusting.

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The good name of Palace fans is now going to suffer because of the actions of a few mindless idiots.