JAKARTA - Liverpool manager Arne Slot believes their dead ball ability has returned to normal after some recent success.
The number of goals conceded compared to those scored has been a problem for Arne Slot throughout the season, to the point that Aaron Briggs - the individual development coach who was appointed to the position at the start of the season - was sacked at the end of December 2025 due to his consistently poor performance.
Since then, things have improved significantly, but Arne Slot says it's not a reflection of Briggs.
In the first 26 games of the season, Liverpool conceded from 13 dead balls and scored eight goals. However, in the last 12 games since Briggs' departure, they conceded two and scored eight goals from dead balls.
"It would be very unfair to (blame) Aaron Briggs, who is partly responsible for that because in the end I am responsible for everything."
"We've had a very unlucky period. We all know that it can't continue like that. We almost never give away chances in set-pieces, but (the reality is) every ball goes in."
"However, we created a lot of chances to score, but the ball didn't go in. So, things are back to normal now, that's something we hope for."
"We didn't change much, maybe just one or two small changes. What changed was that things were back to normal because in the Champions League I think we were the best in the dead ball," said the Dutch coach.
Liverpool in particular has difficulty defending against the opponent's dead ball from the English League. The Reds then got the latest test when facing Nottingham Forest on Sunday, February 22, 2026.
Before the match, Liverpool had a record of five out of eight league goals against Nottingham Forest since returning to the competition in 2022 scored from dead balls.
In the end, the Reds managed to overcome it and beat Nottingham Forest with a score of 1-0 through Alexis Mac Allister's goal in the second half injury time.
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