"One of our strengths last season was keeping the other team away from our goal and normally that doesn't start with your defenders. Look into more details we've conceded four goals from set pieces this season. We've changed our full-backs we've changed a bit more than our full-backs but when I think about the goals we've conceded the first thing that comes to mind is not that the full-backs are a problem. It's always a team performance."
"Last season we hardly conceded because 11 players worked incredibly hard to stop the other team having a chance. They are working incredibly hard this season but set pieces are a game in themselves sometimes. We have to go back to that and we have to prove in the upcoming games and months that we don't normally concede from set pieces. It's something we definitely have to improve."
Liverpool have conceded seven goals in six league games this season, compared with two in the opening six of last season. Two new full-backs, Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez, have been introduced as the team adapts to the end of the Trent Alexander-Arnold/Andy Robertson era. The defensive issues are attributed to collective factors rather than solely the new full-backs. Four goals conceded so far have come from set pieces, highlighting a specific area for improvement. Set-piece performance is increasingly decisive in the Premier League and requires focused attention in upcoming matches.
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