Alexander Isak missed pre-season due to his strike at Newcastle, and Arne Slot has often blamed that for his slow integration to the team, but Jamie Carragher has dismissed that suggestion

Liverpool had lost three matches in a row in all competitions, each by a three-goal margin, before Sunday's 2-0 win over West Ham.

Mick Brown believes Liverpool are not considering sacking Arne Slot as things stand despite suggestions about a return for Jurgen Klopp.

Arne Slot has endured a tougher second season in Liverpool than his first. / Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA/ Bayern Munich’s honorary and outspoken president Uli Hoeneß tore into Liverpool, deriding the club’s summer transfer business and presenting an image of faux pity for Florian Wirtz,

It was the day Liverpool went from bad to Wirtz, the most complete Premier League performance yet from their £115m playmaker in the 2-0 win at West Ham United supporting the idea that Arne Slot can salvage the season – and revive his reign – by building a team around the young German.

And Bayern Munich are clearly still rueing missing out on Wirtz in the summer, with Liverpool pulling off a coup to beat the Bundesliga giants and Manchester City to secure his services.

Liverpool arrested their run of defeats by beating West Ham, with Arne Slot ‘s slightly more conservative approach paying dividends. One of the biggest questions in football, one that can never truly be answered, is how much of a victory can be attributed to yourself and how much can be attributed to the performance of the opposition.