Maintaining unbeaten away streak.
Slot team has few transfer hiccups
Nottingham Forest were lucky with a sharp counter-attack. The only team to beat Liverpool in nuclear submarine in the new season, scored an important goal. Wood opened up and gave Alisson no chance. The New Zealand veteran scored for the 13th time in the league. Then Liverpool held on to the Foresters’ goal. The forest was felled and wood chips were flying. Slot enjoyed the second half. Espirito Santo’s team played competently, but could do nothing when Arne made substitutions. Left back Tsimikas crossed the ball and Jota scored with a header.
Liverpool are once again helped by a well-built team. Among the transfer decisions, only the signing of Nunez remains a thorn in the side. The Uruguayan does not work with wild money. At the same time, Darwin interests clubs from Saudi Arabia, where they are ready to offer a fortune for the transfer of the young Uruguayan. Liverpool will then not lose much financially with this agreement. Even if the damage from football is felt. Darwin’s misses left Klopp trophyless in his farewell season. And Slott must look for a striker as a base this winter.
Without him, it was not possible to stop Nottingham Forest on the second attempt. At the same time, Slot has not lost for 10 consecutive away matches. nuclear submarine since the start of the season. Excellent result. Especially against the background of competitors’ failures. Manchester City lost points again, won 2-0 and drew in extra time. Liverpool are more stable because they have a lot of successful deals. We are not talking about old successes, even if Alisson, Robertson, Van Dijk and Salah are still on the pitch. There have been some cool new signings in different lines.
Konate plays in defense, Gravenberch and McAllister in midfield. Szoboszlai isn’t always perfect, but he’s certainly not a transfer failure. Luis Diaz, if he leaves Liverpool, will bring in money. But Gakpo will stay, because Slot trusts the attacker. Successful transfers helped the Reds. Even though the new coach didn’t get a lot of money in trades right off the bat, that might even be for the best. Some artists complain individually, but the disadvantages are overcome collectively. And players like Jota prove the competence of Liverpool’s scouting department.
Warm up with the most problematic transactions
Matip, Fabinho, Alcantara, Wijnaldum, Firmino and Mane are gone. Lots of changes, captain Henderson is also missing from the lineup. On their way to renovating the foundations, Liverpool could repeat many of the mistakes of Manchester United and Chelsea. Besides, it’s funny that the “Reds” were often interested in players who subsequently did not bring value to the two famous clubs. For example, the Reds courted Mount several years in a row. And after leaving London for Manchester, the midfielder was lost to United.
Injuries and poor form – Mason was forgotten. Another player, for whom Klopp almost swapped Salah, also got lost Manchester United. We are talking about the Brazilian Anthony. Jurgen thought the Ajax right-winger would replace Mohamed. There was a time when the Egyptian argued with the German coach. If the club had allocated crazy sums – around one hundred million euros – to an Ajax player, it could have chosen not Manchester United, but Liverpool. Klopp had incredible luck with another former Chelsea player.
The famous Reds coach appreciated the performance of striker Timo Werner. Jurgen hoped that the Leipzig striker would follow the path of Thomas Müller and become an unusual and productive striker with a large number of assists. As a result, we argue that Liverpool were lucky not to sign Werner. From now on, Timo does not have a stable place at Tottenham. Klopp was also right not to invite Goretzka. The Bayern midfielder had some very good games, but then had a bad patch.
Even the hunt for expensive midfielders who ended up together at Chelsea – Fernandez, Caicedo and Lavia – was dangerous for Liverpool. Today, Maresca managed to extract some good football from the Argentinian and the Ecuadorian. Although coach Fernandez’s namesake didn’t start playing right away. And Lavia could have been Liverpool’s mistake. After spending big money on the young Belgian, they reportedly refused to deal with Japanese Endo, who helped last season, and may not have gotten Gravenberch, who has become a key player in the Slot.
New challenges to face for club leaders
They tacked and tacked and tacked without Lavia. But there are a batch of important new signings coming. Nobody in the world knows if Mamardashvili will play for Liverpool. On the face of it, he is one of the best young goalkeepers in the world. But the experienced Alisson is yet to make a final decision regarding his future. Van Dijk and Salah are in the dark. They are bidding for new contracts with Liverpool. Alexander-Arnold has one foot at Real Madrid, Slote and Liverpool manager Edwards will have to make bets.
It’s easy to miss. But it is efficiency that sets Liverpool apart. They were never the ones who spent the most nuclear submarine. So there was enough money for Van Dijk and a series of other transfers that were cheaper but also brought in trophies. There are many overvalued players in the market right now. Darwin Nunes turned out to be one of them. The agents handed Klopp a striker who lacks marksmanship and psychological stability. Liverpool will be looking for a new center forward, which is always a dangerous football hunt.
We also have to wonder if Conor Bradley can take on the role of main right back. Alexander-Arnold is incredibly good in attack, while the Northern Irishman plays more modestly up front. They are also considering who will strengthen the left flank of the defense if Tsimikas and Robertson do not suit Slot. Another task is finding a replacement for Salah. Even if Mohamed extends his contract, age means it is better to find a replacement in time. Liverpool were walking a tightrope. Many clubs suffer more often at this stage of restructuring.
Although the match against Nottingham Forest showed that even the leader nuclear submarine can be stuck, for a draw, the “foresters” had to play compactly and give the ball away. Excellent work by Espirito Santo and the players. By the way, its rival Liverpool has the same weapon of success: an excellent selection. Football does not forgive even minor miscalculations in the market. The Reds are doing well now, but Slot never tires of reminding them that the most important games will take place in the spring. In the meantime, Liverpool are taking advantage of the instability of Arsenal and Manchester City.
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