{"id":197820,"date":"2025-10-02T19:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/197820\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T19:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:11:10","slug":"5-ways-liverpool-can-get-back-to-basics-salahs-position-midfield-three-wirtz-project-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/197820\/","title":{"rendered":"5 ways Liverpool can get back to basics – Salah’s position, midfield three & Wirtz project – Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two consecutive defeats for Liverpool have led many to ask Arne Slot<\/a> to rethink the Reds\u2019 current setup, with a back-to-basics approach called for among fans. <\/p>\n

Liverpool are top of the league having won five and lost once, so talk of a crisis can be considered far-fetched. <\/p>\n

However, there has been some cause for concern in the opening weeks of the season, with a change in formation creating problems for which Slot needs to find solutions. <\/p>\n

Here, we look at five ways Liverpool can get back to basics.<\/p>\n

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Play last season\u2019s midfield three<\/p>\n

\"NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE,<\/p>\n

One issue Liverpool have faced is a lack of control. Too often are the opposition able to break and make the ball stick to their forwards. <\/p>\n

This season, Liverpool have played two in midfield with Florian Wirtz<\/a> as an attacking midfielder. While the German works just as hard as his teammates, he doesn\u2019t provide the same defensive cover as Curtis Jones<\/a>, Alexis Mac Allister<\/a> or Dominik Szoboszlai<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Starting Gravenberch, Szoboszlai and Mac Allister would hopefully help the Reds reassert control in the middle of the park, especially against Chelsea<\/a>\u2018s strong pair of Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez.<\/p>\n

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Adapt the Florian Wirtz project<\/p>\n

\"BURNLEY,<\/p>\n

There is no doubt that Wirtz is a fantastic footballer, but his development may need to be temporarily put to the side for the good of the team.<\/p>\n

This doesn\u2019t mean he has to be dropped completely \u2013 the left wing is a potential position the German can play. <\/p>\n

For now, though, Slot should look to move away from using Wirtz as the team\u2019s focal point, at least until he adapts to the pace of the Premier League<\/a> and regains his confidence.<\/p>\n

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Play Andy Robertson more often<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

Cast your mind back to the summer of 2017 when Andy Robertson<\/a> arrived; he didn\u2019t begin to play consistently until December. <\/p>\n

Jurgen Klopp<\/a> took his time bedding in the snappy young full-back, and there is no reason why Slot shouldn\u2019t do the same with Milos Kerkez<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Hungarian has been far from the only player to blame for dropped points, but in a team full of new signings, Liverpool could really have done with an extra experienced head at left-back.<\/p>\n

While Robertson wasn\u2019t playing at his very best last season, he is far from finished and looked good when called upon against Atletico Madrid and Burnley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Play a right-back consistently<\/p>\n

\"BURNLEY,<\/p>\n

Speaking of full-backs, playing one at right-back mightn\u2019t do any harm either. <\/p>\n

Due to Conor Bradley<\/a> and Jeremie Frimpong<\/a>\u2018s early-season injuries, Szoboszlai was moved to the right against Newcastle<\/a>, Arsenal<\/a> and Burnley<\/a>, plus vs. Galatasaray as Frimpong played on the right wing.<\/p>\n

While the 24-year-old has excelled there, it means taking him out of the midfield where he provides constant energy alongside Gravenberch, something Liverpool miss when he is absent.<\/p>\n

Frimpong\u2019s performances have been poor since returning from injury, so Bradley appears to be the No. 1 right-back for now \u2013 Slot should stick with him.<\/p>\n

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Play Mo Salah getting back into dangerous positions<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

While three goals and three assists isn\u2019t a bad haul from his first eight games, Salah\u2019s form has been well below what we saw last season.<\/p>\n

The Egyptian has looked a shadow of himself and that could be down to his position on the pitch. <\/p>\n

This campaign, he has found himself wide, close to the touchline and unable to get into goalscoring positions on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

A return to last season\u2019s system would surely help Liverpool\u2019s most highly-paid man return to form. Playing to the strengths of your greatest asset has got to be a prerequisite to success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two consecutive defeats for Liverpool have led many to ask Arne Slot to rethink the Reds\u2019 current setup,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-197820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}