Arne Slot’s “completely honest” Liverpool rebuild verdict: Why it’s taken longer than expected

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“I’ve been too positive,” admitted Arne Slot as he reflected on a major Liverpool rebuild that is only now “getting closer and closer to the team I want.” The head coach believes he set the bar too high after a summer that saw eight additions to his Liverpool squad along with five high-profile departures, but also noted: • Set-piece vulnerability: “Almost all the losses that we’ve had” • Refereeing decisions: “We’ve been very unlucky” • The Premier League intensity: “Sometimes he can play then he cannot play” With Liverpool now on a run of five games unbeaten, Slot reflected on the growing balance he is finding within his squad and the improvements from those new arrivals. “We made them on purpose, because we thought we needed to.

“[We have been] unlucky with referee decisions,” he said. If we concede a set-piece, no problem we’re still able to win.

“Set-pieces is another thing, I think from almost all the losses that we’ve had, expect for one maybe, we’ve conceded from a set-piece. “We deserved those wins, but still, they were small margins and we have to make sure that this team gets to a level that either referee decisions or set-pieces don’t influence our results as much as they’ve done in recent weeks or months.”