Arne Slot isn’t wrong when he says the best is yet to come you can see it with your own eyes if you actually watch Liverpool week in, week out. Results have improved, yes, but performances are still running on half power. This is a team playing good football while constantly shooting itself in the foot from dead-ball situations.
From open play, Liverpool are right up there with the best in the league. The pressing is sharper, the buildup is cleaner, and the chance creation is elite. The problem? Set pieces are killing them.
Conceding 11 goals from set plays and scoring just three is the kind of imbalance that drags you down the table no matter how well you play. Fix that, and suddenly this doesn’t look like a side scrapping for fourth it looks like one pushing much higher.
Slot also deserves credit for not hiding behind excuses. Injuries, referees, bad luck all real, all costly but he’s demanding more control, more dominance, more authority in games.
And with key players still settling and others returning to full fitness, the ceiling is clearly higher. Losing Alexander Isak for a long stretch hurts badly something already casting a shadow over the season after reports that Liverpool fear he could be sidelined for months but structure and discipline can still carry this team forward.
This Liverpool side is closer than people think. Clean up the basics, win your boxes, defend your corners, and suddenly luck doesn’t matter anymore. That’s when Slot’s vision really kicks in. And when it does, don’t be surprised if the league starts feeling very uncomfortable again.
