'Set-piece weakness costing Liverpool'

REIGNING CHAMPIONS BEHIND 4TH-PLACED CHELSEA

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Liverpool manager Arne Slot believes his side are damaging their own hopes of a top-four finish in the Premier League because of a poor record at set-pieces.

The reigning champions head into the busy Christmas and New Year period behind fourth-placed Chelsea on goal difference.

Liverpool have scored just three set-piece goals while conceding 11 in the league so far this season, with a frustrated Slot saying: "I know the importance of it, it gets more and more, and that's why we are so annoyed by our current record.