Why are Liverpool struggling for Premier League goals?

Liverpool have scored 15 goals in four cup games this season, but have managed only nine goals in seven Premier League matches. Brighton (23) and Manchester City (20) have scored more than double the amount of goals Liverpool (9) have scored in the Premier League this season It is a small sample size and still so early in the Premier League season, but notable that in Liverpool's seven matches so far they have scored just nine goals. That is in stark contrast to high-flying Brighton, who have already scored 23 top-flight goals and visit Anfield on Sunday, where Liverpool are awaiting their first home win in the Premier League under Andoni Iraola.

Across three Champions League games and a Carabao Cup tie against Tottenham, Iraola's side have been the entertainers, scoring 15 goals. Even after the departure of Mohamed Salah Liverpool have plenty of goals in them, and that is evidenced by having 10 different goalscorers already this campaign. So why are they averaging 3.75 goals per game outside the Premier League, as opposed to just 1.29 goals per game in it? Iraola was asked if he knew why, after Liverpool scored four against Villarreal at Anfield on Tuesday, less than a week after they put six past LASK in Austria. "I don't really know the reason," he said. "It's