Liverpool have lost just one game so far in the 2023/24 season.
Jurgen Klopp has identified areas where Liverpool can still improve despite their impressive start to the season. After finishing fifth in the Premier League and failing to challenge for the title in 2022-23, the Reds have undergone a major overhaul.
Captain Jordan Henderson has six senior players including vice-captain James Milner, Roberto Firmino, Fabinho, Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, while the midfield quartet includes Alexis McAllister, Dominic Szoboszlai, Wataru Endo and Ryan Gras, including Ben Burch . Despite the incredible upset, Liverpool have only lost once this season. They eventually lost 2–1 to Tottenham after two men were sent off and a goal was wrongly ruled out for offside.
Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 last weekend to move three points clear of Premier League leaders Spurs, have won all three of their Europa League Group E games and will progress to the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup if they advance. . Bournemouth. Tomorrow night.
But Klopp believes Liverpool can improve by controlling play when they are in the lead. This campaign against Borenmouth, Newcastle, Wolves, Leicester and Brighton is unlike anything they have experienced. The Liverpool manager said: “We made a lot of strange plays. Let’s say you fight 10 men, turn them, etc.
Game control was often useless. it was 2-0 and it was that moment where we completely dominated the game and then we stayed in the game, kept the ball moving, kept it compact and didn’t get any counter-attacks or corners.“You remember three or four years ago, I don’t know exactly, probably more than that, and we suddenly developed a bit and became dominant, we were leaders at home and we were under constant pressure.
Everyone was thinking, “Oh my God, 1-0… 10 minutes left…” as if 1-0 meant nothing. “We’re all halfway through the draw and we have to build from there.”Liverpool have performed well in the final third, scoring a total of 34 goals in 14 games so far.
But Klopp believes the creativity can be improved. He added: “The boys have given great signs in every way, in every way, but that is something we have to relearn now. Of course, key positions are occupied by a variety of players – front line, midfield, back line and just about everywhere. Virgo, Trent, Mo, Ali if you want. So there are 4 players and the rest are other players. There is room for improvement here.”The idea behind it is to do it without losing compactness. If you have to watch the game, it’s obviously a completely different task.
It’s a different matter if it’s an open game, but if you can really control it, why can’t you? In the last five minutes before the break, I suddenly reached too deep and cut the ball.”One incident at a time… We won the situation, but it was a corner kick or a throw-in.
It’s the same with Nottingham Forest, obviously that’s the time we need to improve. In creative work, you can always improve. “It’s always possible because the boys have a lot of potential and we have to make the most of it.”
