Fulham manager Álvaro Arbeloa knows adjustments are needed if Fulham are to turn positive attacking performances into points.
There has been very little between the sides in each of our three Premier League games to date, yet despite no lack of intent going forward, the form guide unfortunately reads LLL.
“I think we are playing in a way that we create enough chances to win games, [but] we are not winning games, and both things are true,” Arbeloa conceded in his pre-Liverpool press conference. “And I think the last one is what counts, that we are not winning games.
“But we know why we are not winning games and what we need to adjust. So, for us and for me, we have been working on that from the first day.
“When we have the ball, our first thought is not about what we are going to do to score, it’s more what we are going to do when we lose the ball.
“We need to be ready to control the transition, and for me that is very clear, and that's the gap that we need to improve – control better the transition, and when we lose the ball, we need to be more compact and choose better when we are going to press high.
“But, yes, I think it's very clear. We have been working on it, and I'm sure that if we can adjust and control better the transition of our opponents, we will win games.”
Not for the first time this season, Arbeloa will share a touchline with a familiar face on Saturday, having represented Spain alongside Andoni Iraola in their playing days.
“I played with Andoni in the national team, and obviously we faced each other many, many times in La Liga,” he said. “I know him very, very well.
“I saw him when he was the coach of Mirandés, Rayo Vallecano, and after in Bournemouth, so I know that he's an amazing coach, and I'm not surprised that now he's the coach of Liverpool.
“He has been doing amazing work here in the Premier League, and now in Liverpool you can see they are playing in the style that he's always playing with his teams, and of course it will be so difficult for us tomorrow.”
A slowish start to the season for Liverpool saw them drop points to Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest, but things seem to be clicking into place now after back-to-back wins over Ipswich Town and Atlético Madrid.
“You can see that they are improving, and they are now controlling better the games, and obviously I think they were a little bit unlucky in some games,” Arbeloa said.
“I watched the game against Atlético de Madrid, against a very tough team in the Champions League, and they did a very good game.
“They are so aggressive, they press high, they want to control the game, and of course, they are so, so, so quick in front, and have players with a lot of quality – top, top players, and I think a top squad.
“They are a team that put a lot of crosses, too, so we have been working on how we can defend them, and also we will have our chances for sure.
“We score goals, and I know that we can score goals against any of the teams in the Premier League, and that's the thing that we are doing so well. We are creating so many chances when we have the ball, and we are also aggressive without the ball.”