Slot seeking new ways to stop opposition as Liverpool aim to bounce back

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Also See: Stream Chelsea vs Liverpool with no contract Get Sky Sports Liverpool fixtures Liverpool news and transfer latest Saturday 4th October 5:00pm Kick off 5:30pm "Teams played in a completely different way in the first half of the season against us than they did when we were top of the league after half of the season and top of the Champions League after the first part of the season."I can see this now going into this part of this season and we have to find answers to that."Last season, one of them was a set-piece, like many teams unlock a low block with set-pieces, and this season we haven't done that yet." Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Vinny O'Connor and James Pearce discuss Liverpool's defeat against Galatasaray in the Champions League. It means that summer arrival Giorgi Mamardashvili will make his Premier League debut at Stamford Bridge."We knew we were bringing in a very good goalkeeper, but when he played his first game [against Southampton in the Carabao Cup] that is always the best way to see if he has adjusted well or not, and you saw in that game that he has adjusted well to our club," said Slot."That is not a surprise because he is a quality goalkeeper." Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Nick Wright analyses Liverpool's poor recent form and assesses whether they are lucky to be top after six games of the Premier League season.

One player who will definitely feature in the capital is British-record signing Alexander Isak, with Slot saying the Sweden striker - who has scored just once since moving to Anfield - still needs time adjusting to his new team-mates."I said to him when he started that the difficult thing is you will have your appearances, but if you add minutes together it probably won't be more than two or three 90-minute games," he said. And if he had seen it, he would have been one-on-one with the goalkeeper."Slot will also be hoping Mohamed Salah is able to recapture the form that saw him crowned PFA and FWA Player of the Year last season, with the Reds boss claiming like the team itself, the forward has also been suffering from a change of opposition tactics this season."I see the same as at the end of last season, where he scored 12 goals, five from a penalty and one from a set-piece, so six open-play goals," he added."He is part of a team that faces a different opposition than the first half of last season."To make that comparison you can look at when we played Manchester United away last season and they tried to play out from the back and we stole the ball from them three times."Compare that to the way United played at Anfield where [Andre] Onana only went long.

Then that is one of the answers why it is more difficult to score open-play goals in the second half of last season and first half of this season."'Slot is searching for answers, but there's a defiance that the best is still to come'Sky Sports News reporter Vinny O'Connor at the AXA training ground:"We are trying to find a way that is not about luck or bad luck…..We need to do better and that's what we're going to try…..[last season] teams played in a completely different way in the first half of the season against us than they did when we were top of the league and top of the Champions League. I can see this happening in this part of this season and we have to find answers to that."Telling words from Arne Slot summing up the challenge facing Liverpool after suffering consecutive defeats for only the second time since he replaced Jurgen Klopp.This isn't a knee-jerk reaction to the way Liverpool's winning start to the season has ended.