Why Liverpool are struggling – and the three solutions to Arne Slot’s headache

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Even as he closed in on the Premier League title that rendered his first season at Liverpool a spectacular success, Arne Slot realised it was getting harder for him. He saw Galatasaray’s celebrations when they beat Liverpool on Tuesday, as though it were their Champions League final.

“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.”Arne Slot and Liverpool head to Chelsea on Saturday looking to avoid three defeats in a row (Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Liverpool have found it tougher to score from open-play. “We've brought in a very different midfielder then we had last season, which we think we needed because the amount of goals we found from open play in the first part of last season and the second part of last season, there's a big, big difference,” he said.

Slot noted that five of Salah’s goals in the second half of last season were penalties, a sixth also a set-piece.Liverpool may have to imitate Arsenal. Liverpool scored 45 goals in their first 18 league games last season, an average of 2.5 per match.