The one trait that has stopped Liverpool’s season sliding into meltdown

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Too often, in his opinion, good performances have not brought the right result this season. They have only lost two of their last 20 games in all competitions.

They are still sixth but, over the last two rounds of fixtures, they have closed a four-point gap to Chelsea when Liam Rosenior’s men, who faced Leeds and Burnley at home, might have imagined going seven or eight clear of Slot’s side, who had seemingly harder fixtures.Liverpool have found different ways to win away: convincingly at Sunderland, unconvincingly at Forest. They have still had off-days defensively, still concede due to individual errors, but they have seven clean sheets in their last 13 games in all competitions, including each of their most recent three.

Part of his problem is that Dominik Szoboszlai is his best available option both at right-back and in midfield: the tide started to turn against Forest when he put the Hungarian at the heart of his team.Ibrahima Konate has come into his own in recent weeks (Nick Potts/PA Wire)Liverpool’s resources are so fragile now that they feel one injury away from seeing their campaign derailed, should it bring a lengthy absence for any of Konate, Van Dijk, Szoboszlai or Hugo Ekitike. And yet the latest demonstration of Liverpool’s fighting spirit was required in part because of a lack of the kind of quality they were supposed to possess.Dominik Szoboszlai has been sensational this season (REUTERS)For the first time in his Liverpool career, Mohamed Salah has gone nine league games without a goal.