Arne Slot gets another second-half warning as Liverpool’s defensive drop-off exposed

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Liverpool have a second-half problem, which sees Arne Slot‘s side drop deep and invite pressure from the opposition after assuming the lead, making life needlessly harder. Liverpool a soft touch in the second half With the help of FotMob, we can see how much pressure Liverpool have invited after the interval or when they have gone ahead.

In the second half against Wolves, Liverpool conceded six shots, three on target – which included a goal – to statistically the worst Premier League side in history, with no win yet to their name. Against 10 and later nine-man Tottenham, Liverpool managed one wayward Alexis Mac Allister shot after Hugo Ekitike made it 2-0 in the second half, compared to eight shots for Spurs, including Richarlison’s goal.

Moreover, in a wildly chaotic match at Leeds, which saw Slot’s men concede zero shots on target in the first half, they were pegged back two different times in the second. If we then look at it as a whole, in the most recent four Premier League matches, Liverpool have conceded a combined 30 second-half shots (11 on target) compared to 20 total shots in the first half (three on target).