Cody Gakpo announces what Liverpool can achieve this season after slow start
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Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo says the Reds are building toward "something beautiful" after the team's fourth consecutive victory, a dominant display against West HamCody Gakpo spoke after Liverpool's win at the weekend(Image: Getty Images)Despite his team being the favorites to reach the Champions League quarterfinals, performing well in the FA Cup, and gaining momentum in the Premier League, Arne Slot appears to be a manager under some pressure.Considering his team clinched the Premier League title last season, this might seem a tad unfair, but there's no denying that Slot needs a strong final three months of the campaign. We had a difficult moment during the season, but hopefully these last few games are the start of something beautiful."Including the FA Cup triumph over Brighton, Liverpool has won its last four matches, netting 10 goals and conceding only twice.READ MORE: Arne Slot welcomes Jeremie Frimpong 'problem' after Liverpool injury returnREAD MORE: Arne Slot offers verdict on Champions League race after major Liverpool boostHowever, even when putting a handful past a self-destructive West Ham, it hasn't been pretty.In the rout of Nuno Espirito Santo's team, two goals were heavily reliant on deflections (Hugo Ekitike's opener and Gakpo's strike for the fourth), one was an own goal (from Axel Disasi for Liverpool's fifth), and two were corner-kick conversions (the second and third goals from Virgil van Dijk and Alexis Mac Allister).
They make the trip to Wolves for a Premier League encounter and then for an FA Cup fifth round clash before heading to Istanbul for the first leg of their Champions League fixture against Galatasaray.And Mac Allister reckons this is the pivotal moment when Slot's side can shift into another gear, stating: "The last four or five months is when teams show what they can do. That is what we want."We know how important it is to qualify for the Champions League for the club and us as a team.
Firstly, because that is the reason we won."Second of all, people said well played, and in my opinion, we have been better when we lost and better when we conceded from set-pieces."The first half of the season, almost every set-piece we conceded went in. Now, we start scoring from set-pieces and things start looking brighter and better than when you don't."