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Micah Richards says Arne Slot has made a change that simply makes Liverpool ‘better’

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Liverpool have performed fairly poorly this season, but Micah Richards believes that they’ve made a change which has benefited them massively. However, after they were beaten by Galatasaray last month, it wasn’t clear whether they’d even have the ability to do that.



Szoboszlai and Mac Allister do most of the running, but without Gravenberch sitting just above Liverpool’s defence, they’d be far worse off. “Well, they’ve gone back to how they were last season and not just in terms of the way they perform, but also the style of their play and their midfield,” he said on The Rest Is Football Podcast.“Yeah, I mean, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist.

“And when you’ve got Gravenberch back and when you’ve got Mac Allister back, we know the running power of Szoboszlai, they do look a little bit better balanced in that way, I would say.”Liverpool need to stick with their starting XI that beat Real Madrid on TuesdayIf Liverpool want to start stringing some results together, they need to stick with the same starting XI.One of the Anfield outfit’s main problems this season has been the number of players who have been chopped and changed in each game. However, since the Dutchman has chosen a similar team to the one that won the Premier League title for them last season in their last couple of games, things have gone far more smoothly.Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty ImagesReminders of Liverpool from last season have started to shine through, which shows why they need to build upon this and stick with the same starting XI.