'I heard Arne Slot explain Liverpool problem - and it's exactly why he bought Florian Wirtz'

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At the start of his first season, his side established what turned out to be an unassailable lead at the top of the Premier League. "Him being so well known, a new manager came in and everybody thought, 'Oh, let's start to play against Liverpool.' Liverpool head coach Arne Slot spoke to the press on Friday (Image: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images) "Teams played in a completely different way in the first half of the season against us than they did when we were top of the league after half of the season and when we were top of the Champions League after the first part of the season.

"I can see this going now into this part of this season and we have to find answers to that. Wirtz's attributes — his incisive passing and his decisive dribbling around the penalty area — are exactly the kinds of things that Liverpool didn't have at the top of its midfield last season.

He scored 16 goals and set up another 15 last season. He has, for instance, created a joint-high 21 chances for his teammates in all competitions this season (no one in the Premier League has made more).