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Curtis Jones‘ Return to liverpool The team achieved its best finish since September, and while that could be a coincidence, the performance of academy graduates suggests otherwise.
The 24-year-old is their best player Champions League win over Inter Milan He made his second of five consecutive starts at the San Siro earlier this month, building on which he has been instrumental in four back-to-back wins.
He may have benefited from the injury and is now back fit Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isaac and pause Dominik Szoboszlai But with the midfield almost back to full strength (only the minimally used Wataru Endo remains sidelined), the real challenge for him now is to continue improving.
head coach Arne Slaughter Impressed by Jones’ contribution, he said: “One of his main qualities is that he always wants to have the ball no matter what the situation is and 99 times out of 100 that’s very positive.
“Sometimes it’s smarter to stay away or not get into trouble, but if he’s got a guy in the corner, he can get out of it and make a kick.
“The most positive thing for him is that he’s now been able to stay fit for four or five games in a row, 90 minutes each.”
As Jones regains form, Wirtz gets his first Premier League With an assist and a goal in the past two games, the returning Szoboszlai has been their best player so far this season, Hugo Ekitic He has scored more league goals in his last 4 games than in his previous 13 games and that’s the real hope liverpool After nine consecutive losses in 12 games, the team has turned around.
Slott hopes the team can move forward in 2026, albeit without British record signing Alexander Isak, who will be out for at least a few months after surgery for an ankle problem and a fractured fibula, while another summer signing, Giovanni Lenny, suffered a season-ending ACL injury.
“If you bring in a lot of new players and a lot of them usually leave – at least if I do my job – the longer they are here, when they have more training time and more game time, the better football they play,” he added ahead of a visit to Leeds.
“If you add players to the players you have there then there is a good chance of improvement. If you make substitutions like we did then it takes time and usually it gets better after a while.
“Unfortunately we won’t see Giovanni Leoni this season and it will be a long time before Alex sees him again.”
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