'I saw proof of major Liverpool change and it should worry Chelsea and Manchester United'

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Set-pieces proved vital against West Ham and Chelsea and Manchester United should be wary.Liverpool head coach Arne Slot.(Image: Paul ELLIS / AFP via Getty Images)Without Florian Wirtz, Liverpool was always going to need to be clinical with the chances it created against West Ham. Few would have expected so many to come from set-pieces, though.Arne Slot has bemoaned a lack of goals from dead balls all season long (offensively, at least; there has been plenty conceded) but things changed here — and they needed to.Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah both delivered well consistently and Liverpool’s luck was always going to change at some point.

In a complete turnaround, it now leads the way among Premier League sides for goals scored from set-pieces this calendar year.READ MORE: Liverpool player ratings, winners and losers vs West Ham as Dominik Szoboszlai and 3 more goodREAD MORE: Arne Slot prediction comes true as Liverpool panic short-lived - 5 talking points vs West HamAt the same time, Liverpool has also won six of its last seven games in all competitions. And that it has come when the team is looking better from set-pieces is no surprise."When the game is stuck, and you know you can score from a set piece, we lacked that earlier in the season," Cody Gakpo said.

Liverpool won the game 5-2.(Image: Getty)That was the case plenty of times last season — not every victory was a rip-roaring success of a performance — but the difficult spells are only remembered when they are costly."There is no other way to look at it other than we make mistakes," Nuno Espirito Santo said in his post-match press conference, though Liverpool will likely see it differently.It was at least in part because the Reds did so well — and got a bit of good fortune — that they suddenly found the back of the net regularly via this route."It's very pleasing because firstly that is the reason we have won, and second of all because people said we played well," Slot said. He enjoys covering Liverpool's youth teams, as well as the first team, and is an FA-qualified football coach and referee.Liverpool FCWest Ham United FCPremier LeagueArne SlotManchester United FCChelsea FC