Liverpool will look to return to winning ways when they welcome League One side Barnsley to Anfield in the FA Cup third round on Monday night.<\/p>\n
The Reds head into the tie on the back of three consecutive draws and will view this fixture as a timely opportunity to move one step closer to silverware.<\/p>\n
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With their hopes of retaining the Premier League title fading in recent weeks, Liverpool are increasingly likely to prioritise the domestic cups as realistic routes to success this season.<\/p>\n
Arne Slot\u2019s side are unbeaten across their last ten matches in all competitions, but the lack of cutting edge in recent games has stalled their rhythm.<\/p>\n
Barnsley arrive on Merseyside sitting 17th in League One and locked in a battle to stabilise a difficult campaign.<\/p>\n
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The Tykes have won just eight of their 21 league matches and have struggled badly for consistency.<\/p>\n
Their problems have been even more pronounced away from home, where they have recorded only two victories in their last 12 trips.<\/p>\n
That record underlines the scale of the challenge facing them against elite opposition in one of English football\u2019s most demanding venues.<\/p>\n
Liverpool will be wary of complacency after suffering an embarrassing FA Cup exit last season, but the expectation is that they will impose themselves early.<\/p>\n
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Slot is likely to rotate, but still field a side strong enough to control the game and avoid unnecessary drama.<\/p>\n
Barnsley will aim to frustrate and stay compact for as long as possible, knowing that an early concession could end the contest quickly.<\/p>\n
Their best hope may lie in set pieces and moments of disruption rather than sustained pressure.<\/p>\n
This is not just about reaching the next round for Liverpool, but about rediscovering authority at a critical stage of the season.<\/p>\n
The game is a free hit for Barnsley, but one that will demand discipline, resilience and a degree of fortune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool will look to return to winning ways when they welcome League One side Barnsley to Anfield in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[64124,49,48,169804,159242,1417,574,561,82],"class_list":["post-404329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-barnsley","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fa-cup","tag-league-one","tag-liverpool","tag-premier-league","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}