Liverpool completed significant summer changes including signings Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen, and Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth, while Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez departed and Trent Alexander-Arnold moved to Real Madrid. Frimpong is established at right-back and Kerkez appears to be ahead of Andrew Robertson. The defence conceded two goals against both Crystal Palace and Bournemouth in the opening two games, leaving performances unimpressive. Arne Slot’s preferred front-foot attacking system prioritises full-backs’ offensive contributions. Van Dijk remains key but is aging, and new full-backs are expected to add quality while the backline settles.
I think that Liverpool supporters shouldn't have concerns about their defensive performance against Bournemouth, because Arne Slot clearly wants to play on the front foot attacking football, Collymore wrote in his exclusive CaughtOffside column. He added: Now, Virgil van Dijk, as good as he is, and as good as he is at covering round, he's getting older. And there's an argument that whoever stands next to him as a central defender is nowhere near the kind of level of reading the game or as good a defender.
And I think that both with Kerkez and Frimpong are no different to how Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold were during their prime years. Bournemouth are a very good team that can hit you on the counter-attack very well, so I think that Liverpool will settle in very well and the
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