Arne Slot looks out wide for Liverpool rescue act with Wolves once again at door | Will Unwin

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A lot of Liverpool’s problems this season can be attributed to their attacking flair being stifled, leaving the champions 19 points adrift of Premier League leaders, Arsenal.Liverpool return to Molineux on Friday, three days after a stoppage-time defeat by Wolves in the league. Liverpool have scored 48 goals in 29 league matches, the average of 1.66 a game a long way short of the 2.26 when winning last season’s title.Mohamed Salah has been the focus of analysis because his statistics have tumbled, going from leading the charge to someone fighting to get into the team.

He is underperforming on his xG of 6.53, having scored five times, and his strike against Wolves was a first in 11 league games.Slot and his players are often greeted by a low block, requiring them to find a way around it, but this has not been a simple task and they have regularly looked ponderous, not helped by the recent absence of Florian Wirtz, who had found his rhythm as the No 10. In the league he has one goal in his past nine games and has created a chance on average every 48 minutes.

“It’s so hard to create so many chances in the current Premier League where everybody is so physical and has a certain playing style. Frimpong has been utilised in a more attacking role because his speed is a huge threat to disciplined defences but injury has limited him to 13 league appearances, meaning Liverpool have not fully benefited from his capabilities.A positive of playing Wolves twice in succession means Slot knows what did not work and can experiment on Friday.