With no new signings, it was a case of Arne Slot playing a Jurgen Klopp XI at Ipswich. After a nervy first 60 minutes, everything finally clicked.
• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions toursfans have waited 22 years for a day like this at Portman Road but they were given a brutal reminder of the task ahead on their return to the
At first Liverpool looked a little confused, perhaps caught between two philosophies. Passes were ineffectual, attacks came down the flanks and players defending corners looked exasperatingly at the bench for guidance. They failed to muster a shot on target in the first half, with their sole effort coming fromInstead, it was Ipswich who registered the only two shots on target of the half and looked more dangerous on the counter-attack.
This was always going to be an examination of how Liverpool first shaped up in the post-Klopp era and against the backdrop of their quiet summer. Slot has talked up the strength of the squad he's inherited, and how it would take between five to eight games for the group to find their natural rhythm. But this also came just days after they missed out on their first-choice target for the midfield.
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