{"id":25476,"date":"2025-10-23T03:50:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T07:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/it-made-a-huge-difference-arne-slott-says-liverpool-need-to-start-more-underrated-players\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T03:50:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T07:50:34","slug":"it-made-a-huge-difference-arne-slott-says-liverpool-need-to-start-more-underrated-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/it-made-a-huge-difference-arne-slott-says-liverpool-need-to-start-more-underrated-players\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;It made a huge difference&#8217; \u2013 Arne Slott says Liverpool need to start more underrated players"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/it-made-a-huge-difference-arne-slott-says-liverpool-need-to-start-more-underrated-players\/#Liverpool_advised_to_bring_Andrew_Robertson_back_into_the_starting_XI\" >Liverpool advised to bring Andrew Robertson back into the starting XI<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/it-made-a-huge-difference-arne-slott-says-liverpool-need-to-start-more-underrated-players\/#Liverpools_summer_signing_still_looks_unconvincing\" >Liverpool&#8217;s summer signing still looks unconvincing<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Federico Chiesa, Andrew Robertson and Cody Gakpo (Photo by Christian Kaspar-Bartke\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool manager Arn Slott is said to need Andrew Robertson back in his starting XI after the left-back&#8217;s strong performance last night.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Scotland international has fallen down the slot pecking order so far this season, with Milos Kerkes often favored in the starting XI since his summer move from Bournemouth.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s inevitable that Kerkes has been a little underwhelming in his time at Liverpool so far, and it&#8217;s clear Robertson still has a lot more to offer.<\/p>\n<p>Although Robertson is no longer in his best form, he put in a great performance in last night&#8217;s away game against Eintracht Frankfurt, especially with his brilliant assist for Hugo Ekitike&#8217;s goal.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Liverpool_advised_to_bring_Andrew_Robertson_back_into_the_starting_XI\"><\/span>Liverpool advised to bring Andrew Robertson back into the starting XI<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>See below where The Athletic&#8217;s James Pearce suggested Robertson has shown he deserves more chances than Kerkes in the slot lineup&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was Andy Robertson&#8217;s first start for Liverpool in a month and he has made a huge difference. His pass on the night set up Hugo Ekitike&#8217;s equaliser. He looked much better on the left flank and should be in the line-up against Brentford on Saturday,&#8221; Pearce wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old certainly did no harm to his chances and it may seem a little strange that he was left out in favor of Kerkes in the first place.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liverpool&#8217;s Andrew Robertson (Photo by Jan Kruger\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Liverpools_summer_signing_still_looks_unconvincing\"><\/span>Liverpool&#8217;s summer signing still looks unconvincing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Kerkes isn&#8217;t the only new signing for LFC who is struggling, with Florian Wirtz also having a slow start (though last night he had two assists for the first time this season) and right-back Jeremy Frimpong also being below average.<\/p>\n<p>But perhaps the biggest concern is Alexander Isak, who has only scored one goal so far despite being a big-money signing from Newcastle and looking like a very exciting signing.<\/p>\n<p>Hugo Ekitike has continued to perform well since his arrival, but it remains to be seen why the other new signings have not performed as well as the club expected.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federico Chiesa, Andrew Robertson and Cody Gakpo (Photo by Christian Kaspar-Bartke\/Getty Images) Liverpool manager Arn Slott is said to need Andrew Robertson back in his starting XI after the left-back&#8217;s strong performance last night. The Scotland international has fallen down the slot pecking order so far this season, with Milos Kerkes often favored in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-25476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}