The individual form and fitness of key men such as Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch and Cody Gakpo remain a cause for concern, the most untimely season-ending injury suffered by Conor Bradley means we're likely to see Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones played out of position at right-back several more times this season, while it still feels as if Slot's relationship with Mohamed Salah is going to require further attention if the Egyptian is to get back to his best.
However, the biggest issue at the moment is the overall lack of coherence and consistency. As Slot has openly admitted, Liverpool are simply not producing complete performances this season, and there are two obvious reasons why: a disturbing lack of urgency and intensity, and set-piece shortcomings in both boxes.
Perhaps most worryingly of all, though, we've yet to see clear patterns of play this season, vivid illustrations of what exactly the manager is trying to do with his title-winning team. Slot says that while he's not changed his style, other teams have, by employing low blocks and long balls to get around Liverpool's pressing while at the same time nullifying their attacking threat.
An enormous amount of money was obviously spent on adding extra dimensions to Slot's side, to make them more unpredictable, and thus harder to stop, but, for the most part, they've just become harder to watch. These next few months are, thus, vitally important for the Dutchman, because, with the league gone, performances have become just as important as points from the fans' perspective.
As well as eyeing good cup runs, a famously patient set of supporters want to see evidence of evolution, proof that they will be in a position to reclaim their title next season. In such a scenario, they would accept more mixed results in the second half of the season.
What they will not tolerate, though, is more boring football - especially not now that the most exciting possible replacement is back on the market.