Liverpool are now at the halfway stage of the Premier League season and have scored their fewest goals since Jurgen Klopp arrived at the club.After spending £450 million in the summer, goals were not expected to be an issue for Arne Slot‘s side despite the overhaul in the forward line.But in the first 19 games of the Premier League season, Liverpool have managed to score only 30 times, which is the lowest at this stage of a campaign since 2015/16.That season, of course, saw Brendan Rodgers given his marching orders and Jurgen Klopp take the helm, and they combined for only 22 goals at the halfway stage.In comparison to Slot’s 2024/25 outfit, there has been an alarming 17-goal reduction for the reigning champions, which is the joint-lowest in the current top six alongside Aston Villa.Liverpool have been kept goalless on three separate occasions (against Man City, Nottingham Forest and Leeds) and have won by a two-goal margin only four times.As per FotMob, no team averages more possession (61.6%), but the Reds rank only seventh for big chances created (50), of which they have missed the fifth-most (33).Slot has been unable to see his side consistently ask questions of the opposition and make their time on the ball count, with Thursday offering another example of just that. After being kept goalless by newly-promoted Leeds, Slot offered a worrying statement when claiming “individual special moments” are needed to beat a low block.“To score a goal against a team that’s defending so well in and around their box, there are a few ways to unlock it,” he told reporters after the match.“That is for some teams in this league, or for a lot of teams in this league, a set-piece. We were close with Virgil [van Dijk]. We got eight – unfortunately, we didn’t score.“Another way of unlocking it is something we saw last week against Wolves, when Jeremie Frimpong had his moment of magic, a quick one-v-one where he brought the ball in, and I think he had a few of those moments today as well.“A lot of ball possession. I think we are the team with the most ball possession this year in the league, but ball possession means not a lot if you cannot create enough chances.“To create chances against a low block you need pace, individual special moments to create an overload. You don’t see a lot of 15-to-20-passes goals against low blocks.“And another way of course of unlocking is from a counter-attack or winning the ball back high up the pitch when they want to bring the ball out from the back.”A team of Liverpool’s calibre ought to be coached how to score, not rely on ‘moments of magic’.