If Liverpool fans were under any illusions that the final months of the 2024/25 Premier League title race would be a procession, then the past seven days will have underlined how many hurdles Arne Slot ’s side still have to overcome if they want to be champions.

Two matches against clubs who started the week in the bottom five should, on paper at least, have been straightforward for a team that has made light work of the season up to now.

But Slot referenced on Friday how the second half of the campaign was always going to prove more challenging and the early signs are he’s correct.

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Andy Robertson admitted the game ‘took it out of the players’ and resulted in a subpar second half on Sunday against Wolverhampton Wanderers, while Slot claimed the late equalizer was ‘in our heads a bit’ during the final stages at Anfield.

The Reds also failed to register a single shot in the second half, the first time that’s happened in a Premier League game at Anfield since such records began in 2003.

The former hasn’t lost a home game in all competitions since it last played Liverpool in early November, and Arsenal is the only side to come away from Villa Park with three points in the league this season.

As for the reigning champions, they (MIGHT) be finding their feet again

Pep Guardiola, without prompting, referenced on Friday how Liverpool’s current iteration can’t match his 100-point season and the City boss would love nothing more than to inflict defeat on his old foes at the Etihad.

If last week proved demanding, the next seven days will test Slot, Liverpool and its apprehensive army of fans even more.


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