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Liverpool players returned to training on Friday as they aim to correct their pre-international break slump.The Reds lost three straight matches for the first time in more than two years ahead of the pause, with supporters beginning to question plenty about the team.The perfect chance to put things right is set to arrive on Sunday, as Liverpool host Man United at Anfield.Join our newsletter for news & smart analysis. Arne Slot has seen a number of issues arise over recent weeks, and will have relished the chance to put things right on the training pitch ahead of the weekend.And as images from Friday’s session began to filter through, Liverpool fans picked out one photograph which suggested the team are absolutely ready to turn things around.Photo by Nikki Dyer – LFC/Liverpool FC via Getty ImagesLiverpool superstars ready for turnaroundGiven the talent currently at Slot’s disposal within the Liverpool squad, the current form of the team is even more baffling.When you line some of those players up together, you get a real view of just how deep Slot’s options are right now.That’s exactly what happened on Friday, as Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Mohamed Salah, Ryan Gravenberch and Dominik Szoboszlai walked, heads down, in a line across the Liverpool training ground.
Safe to say, Liverpool fans were impressed.READ MORE: Ryan Gravenberch and Ibrahima Konate train ahead of Liverpool vs Man United“I started hyperventilating from the sheer aura in this picture,” one supporter commented. They’ll all gel sooner rather than later… and it’s going to be scary.”“Couldn’t even fit in Isak, it’s so over for everyone when we click,” another agreed.“Actually so cold,” someone else added, with others pointing out that the Liverpool players resembled ‘the Avengers.’“Patience.
People will look back and talk about this squad as one of the best when it all clicks and it will,” one supporter concluded.Only a matter of time before Liverpool find their formulaWhen you think about the players who weren’t even in this ‘cold’ photograph, you really do realise just what a group of stars Slot has assembled.The likes of Alisson Becker, Virgil van Dijk, Alexander Isak and Alexis Mac Allister are not even pictured.Just because Liverpool have top players does not make them a top team, though, recent matches have given enough evidence of this.However, fans should be positive that players this good cannot be so poor for so long. When they do get on the same wavelength and Slot works out the best formation to utilise them all in, it could be something really special.Patience is always required for the good things in life, and this Liverpool squad could end up being one of the best.