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The jury should still be out on whether Liverpool have got any better at all after replacing Arne Slot with Andoni Iraola over the summer. Slot was sacked by the Reds despite leading them to the Premier League title in 2025, with his follow-up season falling well short of the expectations at Anfield.While there were good arguments for the Dutchman to be removed, and Iraola was an obvious choice to come in, things are yet to really improve for Liverpool after 10 games of the Premier League season.Andoni Iraola has the same number of points after 10 games as Arne Slot did last season (18).
The one area which Liverpool have seemingly improved under Iraola has been in terms of goals conceded. READ MORE: Why Andoni Iraola is having problems winning with Liverpool at Anfield Have Liverpool improved under Iraola?
But if he has cast his eye on Liverpool’s fixtures so far this term, then Slot would have a right to be angry at how things ended. It is worth asking whether Liverpool would have been better or worse off under Slot, and while things could easily have plummeted further under the former head coach, it could also have been that 25/26 was just an anomaly, and the Reds would be back to their usual selves under his leadership.
