Arne Slot's biggest challenge at Liverpool is clear after telling Dominik Szoboszlai answer

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In his weekly column for Liverpool ECHO Premium subscribers, Andy Dunn argues that Liverpool's players look mentally drained are in need of a lift from their under-fire head coachThis is a serious question. Any job can become wearing.They might not have had European football this season, they might have been knocked out of both domestic cup competitions at their earliest convenience, but Manchester United players seem to be happy characters right now.The same could not be said of Liverpool players on Sunday.

Okay, they were bound to be gloomy after only drawing with a Spurs team that had gone from being criticised to being ridiculed ahead of the match.But even before Richarlison’s scuffed equaliser, it was hardly a joyous experience at Anfield.And the most concerning thing for Liverpool fans must have been the lack of intensity and intent among players who, quite frankly, looked occasionally uninterested.When a team has the majority of possession, it can mean they cover less distance because they are not chasing the ball as much. And Liverpool had just over 63 percent of possession against Spurs.But that is not always the case.

Not by any means.Manchester City, for example, had 71.5 percent of possession at West Ham and still covered 3.5km more distance than the home side.Generally, though, in terms of distance covered by teams - when both have the full complement for the entire match - there tends to be little difference, regardless of possession.But in the Liverpool-Spurs game, the difference was marked, the difference was the biggest in the weekend’s nine Premier League fixtures.Spurs covered 7.33 percent more distance than Liverpool (118.27km to 109.6km).The next biggest difference was at the Emirates, where Arsenal (115.83km) covered 4.88 percent more distance than Everton (110.18km).At Anfield, the player who covered the most distance for Liverpool was Alexis Mac Allister, who was actually withdrawn in the 91st minute.But his 10.72km only placed him fifth in the overall rankings. Liverpool have played only two more games than Spurs this season and one of those was the Community Shield.Dominik Szoboszlai used the word ‘flat’ and that is how the Liverpool performance at the weekend felt.Knowing that the title defence has failed badly has surely had a mentally draining effect on the players.Re-motivating them is the biggest challenge of Slot’s Liverpool tenure.