"Liverpool in 2025/26 are an entirely different proposition to the high-octane football, with fast starts that raised the crowd and created a frenetic atmosphere en route to last season's Premier League triumph. Those things are no longer a trademark of the Reds in their current guise. In fact, Arne Slot's side have failed to score in the first half of 12 of their 19 Premier League games so far this season. In 15 games at Anfield, in all competitions, there's been seven blanks at half-time."
"He added that another way is "from a counter-attack or winning the ball back high up the pitch when they want to bring the ball out from the back. That winning of the ball high up is less likely with Liverpool's far from energetic press. Intensity was a buzzword under Klopp and his assistant Pepijn Lijnders but this Liverpool side now show a lack of it."
Liverpool have shifted from a high-octane, fast-starting side to a team that often lacks early attacking intensity. The Reds failed to score in the first half in 12 of 19 Premier League matches and recorded seven half-time blanks across 15 Anfield games in all competitions. Leeds executed a disciplined low block at Anfield, restricting chances and targeting long throws and late set-piece opportunities. Slot identified set-pieces, moments of individual magic, counter-attacks, or winning the ball high as ways to unlock compact defenses. The current Liverpool side shows a reduced energetic press that opponents frequently bypass.
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