Jamie Carragher says Liverpool ‘excelled’ at one thing that no-one’s giving Arne Slot credit for

“Liverpool haven’t excelled much this season but one thing they have excelled at has been set pieces,” the former Red spoke on Sky Sports commentary (via BBC Sport).

That’s quite a change in narrative from the first half of the season, in which the club were found to be seriously wanting from set pieces. Such to an extent that the Merseysiders opted to sack their set piece coach, Aaron Briggs, earlier in the campaign.

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Liverpool haven’t excelled at anything else

If we’re being honest with ourselves, there hasn’t been anything else to point to with Liverpool’s season.

The Reds have looked mighty leaky from the back, inneffective going forward, and lacking any of the control Arne Slot is said to value from his team.

Only five Premier League sides have condeded more goals than Liverpool (52) this season:

• Leeds United (53)
• Tottenham (55)
• West Ham United (62)
• Wolves (66)
• Burnley (73)

Tonight’s away trip to Villa Park has been no different. Albeit, we did manage to enjoy a relatively strong first half that still saw the hosts take the lead against the run of play.

Otherwise, Unai Emery’s men are more than good enough for their lead having utterly dominated Liverpool in the second-half of action.

Improvement in set-pieces isn’t enough. Liverpool need some solidity, they need some bite about them.

A lot to fix in the summer, but it seems like Slot will still be the man to lead the club into the next season… somehow.

And goodness knows how after what was served up (yet again) on Friday evening.

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