Four wins on the bounce and seven games unbeaten in all competitions has steadied the ship at Anfield. Their three consecutive league wins has earned the Reds more points than the eight they managed across their previous 10 top-flight matches.
The shoots of recovery are there but they remain a long way from their best and were far from convincing in their 2-1 win against rock-bottom Wolves. Their failings from set pieces were again laid bare with Santiago Bueno’s goal coming from a corner.
No top-flight side has conceded more goals from set pieces (excluding penalties) than Liverpool’s 12 this season, while only West Ham (11) have let in more from corners than the Reds’ seven.
At this point last season they were still to concede at all from a corner. Bad news for this fixture, then, that only Manchester United (13) have scored more goals from non-penalty set-pieces than Leeds’s 12 this campaign.
In attack, things are not much better and Arne Slot’s side have only scored three goals from non penalty set-pieces in the league. That difference of minus nine between conceding and scoring set-piece goals is currently the biggest in the Premier League in 2025-26.
As a result, set-piece coach Aaron Briggs left the club this week with defender Virgil van Dijk saying their problems in this area have been a “killer”.
“There have been plenty of games when we have defended them very well,” said the Liverpool skipper. But the fact is we’ve conceded too many set-piece goals and we don’t score enough.”
