Three points matters most for a Liverpool side that struggled mightily in the autumn, but these Reds can do better.
After a very difficult autumn, Liverpool are now in the midst of a positive run of results. The Reds have won their last four in all competitions and are unbeaten in seven now. The performances certainly haven’t been perfect, but for a side struggling as they had been, any improvement is positive.
Still, there will be concerns wins like Saturday’s 2-1 victory over last-place Wolves that saw Liverpool pinned back too often in the second half and almost conceding an equalizer, don’t represent sustainable results. That against a better side, or just on another day, it’s a performance that would lead to dropped points.
“I think in the first half we played well,” reflected midfielder Ryan Gravenberch. “We created good chances and scored. Then what you see in the second half, we’ve conceded a set-piece and then they know they can maybe score the next one and they come. But I think at the end we fight and character.
“I think we can do a bit better in second halves. Of course we play a lot of games and players get tired, but I think we could do better at just keeping the ball playing and letting them run and they will get tired from that. Then it’s finding the right moment. We didn’t do that so I think we have to keep working on it.”
Liverpool again did look fragile late against Wolves, neither showing signs they could or would take the game to their opponents to put it away or that they were capable of holding possession and forcing Wolves to chase them to get it back. Instead they turned it over easily; they looked nervous.
Still, in the end a win is a win. Liverpool haven’t convinced, either against Wolves or the week before when they struggled to hold on against nine-man Tottenham. But they still won and maybe for the time being at least that’s all that matters for a side still struggling to find its way and define its identity.
“We always want to win and you will see as well hopefully that we can get some momentum from now on from these results,” Gravenberch added. “But now we just have to keep going and going. So I’m just really happy with the three points.”
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