Liverpool’s set-piece vulnerability explained – Arne Slot insists it’s “not an excuse”

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Liverpool have conceded five set-piece goals from eight Premier League games this season, and Arne Slot has sought to explain the risk that is creating the vulnerabilities. Against Man United, Harry Maguire’s winner came from the second phase of a set-piece while Liverpool had six offensive-minded players on the pitch, plus a midfielder at right-back.

“Apart from the two goals we conceded, we have conceded maybe two or three more chances. • READ: Arne Slot’s bizarre midfield set up goes viral “But this is the struggle we are constantly having being 1-0 down, then you need to take a bit more risk. “Because we do take a lot of risk in the moment.

After 55 minutes, I think we had six or seven offensive players on the pitch. “Normally you play with four, five, six defensive-minded players, but at that moment we are on the pitch with seven or eight offensive-minded players. • READ: Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool return “theoretically possible” in a few years “That’s not an excuse because they should do better, we should do better, but maybe it’s not a coincidence that exactly in those moments of time we concede a set-piece.” He also said, “It’s almost impossible to win a big game of football…with a negative set-piece balance.