Published: 17:00, 5 November 2025 | Updated: 17:05, 5 November 2025

That was more like it. Few results quieten your critics like a victory over Real Madrid.

On another famous night at Anfield, Arne Slot found the answers to questions that have dogged his side all season. The Dutchman not only found a solution to his pressing problems but also utilised one of Liverpool’s own key weaknesses against the might of Madrid.

This is how they did it.

SLOT SOLVES PRESSING CONCERNS

Liverpool have been far too easy to play through this season. Slot has tried, and largely failed, to integrate his £400million shiny new signings into the side all at once and it has often left Liverpool's shape all over the place.

One of the biggest things that has suffered is Liverpool’s press. For so long one of the best in Europe at closing down opponents, this season Slot’s side have struggled to stop teams finding a way through. 

Liverpool are winning the ball back in the final third less often in the Premier League, for example, than at any...