From being shot 20 times to being a 16-year-old star savior’s final shot! The joy and sorrow behind Liverpool’s two consecutive Premier League wins!

At first glance, Liverpool's perfect record in the Premier League so far may make you mistakenly think that your title defense journey has begun smoothly.

But Slott knew that in the process of getting 6 points, the team allowed opponents to shoot 20 times, with an expected 2.63 goals and 6 excellent opportunities, which showed a significant flaw in the team.

Of course, you can say that the game at the beginning of the season is never easy considering the schedule, and teams usually don’t find the rhythm until around October.

So until then, you just have to work hard to win the game, and Liverpool have proven that they are experts in this in the first two games.

But the fact is that such a performance is far from enough against Arsenal, and Slot has some major problems to be solved.

1. Liverpool has physical confrontation problems

One of the main reasons why Liverpool fans are worried is that Liverpool is sometimes easily suppressed by opponents - especially because this is a long-standing problem.

When both teams are equal in strength, the home team has the upper hand in most confrontations, and the 16 (44%) ahead of Liverpool in the first half was proof of their 16 (56%) in the ground scramble.

Then they just regained the game by kicking the ball into Liverpool's penalty area and creating chaos with a stronger physical advantage.

Liverpool fans thought the club would learn from the problems they had against Paris Saint-Germain last year.

However, there is a view that Liverpool actually weakened the team in terms of height and strength this summer, rather than strengthened it.

There is not much time to really solve this problem in this transfer window, and the connection to the relatively short Mark Guy – although he is excellent, it is difficult to be confident.

2. Wiltz may still need time to adapt to the Premier League

When people are excited about new players introduced from abroad, it is easy to forget one of the reasons why the Premier League is considered the best league in the world: its intensity.

For some players, it may be difficult to adapt to this intensity initially (or, for some, it is simply not possible), as is the case with Florian Werz currently seen.

The German did have a hard time in this match after his mediocre performance against Bournemouth, winning three out of 10 confrontations, shooting only 1, and creating no chances.

To be fair, there are not many games as challenging as they are against the fighting spirit of Newcastle United, which has one of the strongest teams in the world and has a great home atmosphere at St James Park.

Maybe Wiltz would be the kind of player who needs a little more time to increase speed.

III. Hugo Ekitic is real material

Of course, for every player who cannot adapt immediately in the Premier League, there is another player who can adapt as easily as a duck goes into the water.

Hugo Ekitic scored three goals in three appearances for Liverpool, and he obviously belonged to the latter.

After scoring against Newcastle United, the Frenchman became the 10th player to score in all of his first three appearances for the club and the second player to do so in the past 50 years after Daniel Sturridge.

Despite Newcastle United's best efforts to squeeze him out of the game with physical strength, he impressively translated long passes into threatening offense.

Written at the end

If anyone doubts whether Slot really regards Leo Ngumoha as a reliable choice this season, then his appearance in Pine Ggumoha must have shown some issues in such a difficult situation.

Ngumoha then became the winner of the match and became the youngest goal scorer ever at Liverpool at 16 years old and 361 days, which fully illustrates the potential of this young player.

It is said that the coaching staff was stunned by Ngumoha's training performance in the preseason, so they accelerated the process of bringing him into the first team.

So we can expect more moments like today, not only when he grows up, but also in the short term.