Slot's SET on being better in race for top four

LIVERPOOL head coach Arne Slot admitted it should be impossible to be a top-four team with their poor record at set-pieces.

- By CARL MARKHAM ECHO Reporter

The Reds head into Christmas behind fourth-placed Chelsea only on goal difference as their effectiveness from open play has compensated for the issues they are having at free-kicks and throw-ins.

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 a big frustration we are where we are this season because when we were halfway through last season (when they won the league) we had not conceded one set-piece (goal).

“It’s impossible to be top-four, top-five with our set-piece balance, let alone winning the league.