Arne Slot: Top-four challenge is ‘special’ with Liverpool’s set-piece recordBy Carl Markham, Press AssociationLiverpool head coach Arne Slot admitted it should be impossible to be a top-four team with their poor record at set-pieces. Liverpool have scored just three set-piece goals while conceding 11 in the league this season and it is a point of frustration for Slot. “I know the importance of it, it gets more and more, and that’s why we are so annoyed by our current record,” he said. “It’s impossible to be top-four, top-five with our set-piece balance, let alone winning the league. “It is time for the players we do have available to do what they have done so many times and roll their sleeves up.

Source: Irish Independent December 25, 2025 00:38 UTC