Merseyside | Can Liverpool maintain their Champions League winning streak at Anfield?

Liverpool v PSV preview

Arne Slot’s side look to overcome their poor form and take a huge step to the next stage of the Champions League. 

Author | William G

Stadium | Anfield

Only Wolves have collected fewer Premier League points than Liverpool across the past seven matches, though the Reds can draw some comfort from their imposing recent record at Anfield in the Champions League.

They have won their last 13 home fixtures in either the league or group stage, the longest such streak currently active in Europe. It is also a record for a Premier League side, placing them ahead of Arsenal on nine consecutive home victories, with Bayern Munich and Inter Milan each on six.

Their most recent defeat at home in the opening phase of the competition came exactly five years ago, when Atalanta won behind closed doors during the Covid restrictions, a night when the usual Anfield advantage was absent.

This run does not include knockout ties and it is worth remembering that Paris St Germain, who went on to lift the trophy, beat Liverpool at Anfield in last season’s quarter-finals. With Arne Slot’s side struggling domestically, it is not beyond possibility that PSV could emulate PSG and secure their first win on English soil since 2008.

Pressure building on Isak?

We are approaching December and Alexander Isak has yet to register a Premier League or Champions League goal for Liverpool. His only strike so far came in the EFL Cup win over Southampton, a moment of limited significance given the club effectively wrote off the following round by fielding a youthful side.

For a striker signed for £125m, it is a dismal return. Although the Swede has missed matches through injury and is still working towards full fitness, Liverpool must shoulder some responsibility. His injury history was well known, and the disruption caused by missing pre-season with Newcastle to force a move has clearly had an impact.

Liverpool ought to have secured him earlier in the summer, and if Newcastle remained immovable, they could have turned to a winger instead, particularly after bringing in Hugo Ekitike to lead the line.

Isak was anonymous against Nottingham Forest, touching the ball only 14 times before being substituted in the second half. He rarely drops deep to influence play and his team-mates seldom look to bring him into the game.

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Liverpool held an open training session the day before the match, and Florian Wirtz was absent. Wirtz had been expected to return following the match against Nottingham Forest but did not take part. Conor Bradley and Jeremie Frimpong were also missing.

Frimpong is sidelined with a thigh injury and has already been ruled out for several weeks, while Bradley faces a similar spell on the sidelines with an unspecified problem.