""We've improved compared to three or four months ago," said Slot. "I would even include the Bournemouth game because, apart from the goals we conceded, we had total control with dominance, we had a lot of chances - and the same could be said in the second half about [Manchester] City.""
""We're in a much better place now than we were months ago and there are two very simple reasons for that. [There are more reasons] but the most simple two are how fit we are now compared with three or four months ago, and the second one is that we are much better in set-pieces at the moment.""
""It will be somewhere around there and then [March] it's always the question if things go really well or if he gets a little bit of a setback," added Slot. "So, it will be around that period of time - end of March, start of"
Liverpool have won five of their last seven matches and have only two losses in 2026, both stoppage-time Premier League defeats. The team sits sixth, three points off the top four, and carries momentum after wins at the Stadium of Light and a 3-0 FA Cup victory over Brighton. Two primary factors behind the upturn are improved player fitness and markedly better performance from set pieces. Alexander Isak has been sidelined since December with a fibula fracture, but a potential return is expected around the end of March or start of April, depending on recovery progress.
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