After a blistering start that saw Liverpool win their first seven matches, the season has rapidly unravelled. The 4-1 home defeat by PSV has left the club facing its worst run of form in decades and has intensified scrutiny on manager Arne Slot.
Liverpool have lost nine of 12 games — a sequence not seen since 1953-54 — and suffered three consecutive three-goal defeats for the first time since December 1953. The Reds conceded seven goals at Anfield in five days, a remarkable collapse at a ground that has been a fortress in recent European campaigns. Midfielder Curtis Jones summed up the mood bluntly: "I don't have the answers, honestly, I don't. It's just unacceptable... I'm past being angry inside. I'm at the point now where I just don't have the words."
Slot's early impact — guiding Liverpool to the Premier League title in his debut season and overseeing the best start by a Reds boss in the top flight since he arrived — has not insulated him from criticism as the run has deepened. Former full-back Stephen Warnock told BBC Sport that the worrying trend is a mixture of poor performances and a loss of spirit: "At the moment things are not clicking and it all feels very difficult..
