"I know the importance of it, it gets more and more [important], and that's why we are so annoyed by our current record, Slot said. It's a big frustration we are where we are this season because when we were halfway through last season, we had not conceded one set-piece goal. It's impossible to be top four, or top five, with our set-piece balance, let alone winning the league."
"It's impossible to be top four, or top five, with our set-piece balance, let alone winning the league. We are the only team at the top end of the table that has a negative set-piece balance. And not only are we negative, we are on minus-eight and still on equal points with fourth. But if we are minus-eight... you look at that, you could say how special it is that we have as"
Liverpool have suffered a poor Premier League defence with Opta assigning a 1% chance of retaining the 2025-26 title. A recent upturn has placed Liverpool fifth, level on points with fourth-placed Chelsea but behind on goal difference. Only Wolves have scored fewer Premier League goals from set-pieces (three, excluding penalties). Liverpool have conceded 11 set-piece goals, the joint-second most, and 44% of their conceded goals have come from dead balls. Liverpool rank fourth-last for shots from set-pieces (54) and second-last for set-piece xG (4.13). Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United have double-figure set-piece goals.
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