Where are 2024-25 Liverpool?

Match week 23 last season saw Liverpool dispatch Ipswich Town 4-1 at Anfield for their 17th Premier League win of the season.

A year later, and Liverpool remain stuck on 10 victories since the turn of the new year, after Arne Slot watched his side lose 3-2 to 13th placed Bournemouth on Saturday.

With only four personnel changes to the team that saw off Ipswich from the side who couldn't find the edge against the Cherries, where have 2024-25 Liverpool gone?

Liverpool have been criticised all season for their lack of cutting edge in front of goal and 'soft' defending at the other end.

At this point in the league last year, Liverpool had hit the target with 152 shots, averaging 6.6 shots a game. They had conceded 74 shots on target, at 3.2 per game.

This term, they have taken 99 shots on target and faced a shocking 97 - 4.3 and 4.2 per match respectively.

Slot has still not found away to solve the effects of Trent Alexander-Arnold's departure, at either end of the pitch, but that is not his only issue.

Mohamed Salah's dramatic drop in form, subsequent benching and absence through the Africa Cup of Nations, is playing a big part in Liverpool's goalscoring woes after the Egyptian created nearly half of Liverpool's goal tally last season (29 goals, 18 assists).

In the back-line, the individual performances of captain Virgil van Dijk and main centre-back partner Ibrahima Konate alongside the adjusting Milos Kerkez and ever-changing right-back position, all lend a hand in explaining the defensive struggles.

But whether Liverpool's unexpected 2025-26 campaign is down to these players simply not performing, or if Arne Slot is just unable to get the best out of both his new and aging players is left to see.

Can you describe your swing in emotions as a fan from last season to this?