Watching Liverpool Shouldn’t Feel Like This

Jan Molby on boredom, belief, Arne Slot’s challenges and a season drifting towards the minimum requirement.

This is my first column of 2026, and I wish I could tell you I’m full of excitement about where Liverpool are right now. The reality is more complicated than that. Yes, we’re unbeaten in eleven games. On paper, that sounds healthy. In truth, it has been one of the most underwhelming unbeaten runs I can remember.

The results have ticked along, but the performances have not stirred anything inside me. Too many draws, too many games where nothing really happens, too many moments where you are waiting for something to click, and it just doesn’t. I keep asking myself the same question every week. What is the next step? What is being built here?

When I watch these matches back, I don’t see a clear evolution. I don’t see a plan unfolding beyond reducing risk and keeping games tight. That might be understandable in patches, but this feels like a pattern. We pass the ball laterally, we wait for gaps that rarely open, and we finish games having done just enough to stay unbeaten. That might keep you in the top five, but it does not feel like Liverpool.

Part of this is undoubtedly the hangover from the Klopp years. For nearly a decade, intensity and chaos were our identity. Even on bad days, we were exciting. Now, boredom has crept in, and I never thought I would say that about watching Liverpool. I’ve found myself drifting during matches, and that tells its own story.

The Arsenal draw summed it up for me. People talked about a good point, something to build on. We did not have a single shot on target in 98 minutes. You can dress that up with stats if you like, but your eyes tell you the truth. As champions, that cannot become acceptable.