Liverpool’s nightmare run continued with yet another heavy defeat.
On Matchday 5 of the Champions League league phase, Liverpool travelled to face PSV. The Reds fell behind just six minutes in when Ivan Perišić converted a penalty after a handball. Dominik Szoboszlai briefly pulled them level in the 16th minute, reacting quickest to a loose ball in the box. But things unraveled after the break: Guus Til restored PSV’s lead on 56 minutes, and Yorbe Vertessen’s replacement, Johan Bakayoko’s fellow winger Druijfisch (Kohei Druijwisch), struck twice in the 73rd and 90+1 minutes to seal a brutal 4–1 defeat.
The loss extends a grim trend. Liverpool had already been beaten 0–3 by Manchester City on the 9th and 0–3 by Nottingham Forest on the 22nd, marking the club’s first back-to-back league defeats by a margin of three goals or more since April 1965 — nearly 60 years ago. With the PSV result added, it is now three straight competitive matches lost by three goals or more.
According to OPTA, this is Liverpool’s first time conceding 3+ goals in three consecutive competitive games since September 1992 (33 years ago). Even more alarming, losing three straight matches by 3+ goals hasn’t happened since December 1953 — a staggering 72-year gap.
Virgil van Dijk, who conceded the decisive handball penalty today, has now given away three penalties in all competitions this season, more than any other Premier League player.
Liverpool opened the season with seven straight wins, but have since collapsed, losing nine of their last 12 matches — the joint-worst 12-game stretch in club history, matching the run recorded between November 1953 and January 1954.
As a result, Liverpool have slipped to 12th in the Premier League and 13th in the Champions League standings. Their next chance to halt the slide comes on the 30th, away to West Ham. Whether they can stop the bleeding remains to be seen.
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“Social Media Reactions”
Premier League fans:
“There are STILL die-hard supporters saying, “Don’t worry, Slot will turn it around from here.”
At this point it’s less ‘Slot believers’ and more people who just don’t want to give the anti-Slot crowd the satisfaction of being right.”
“Liverpool fell off a cliff in no time.”
“Step one: bench Gravenberch and Salah.”
“Football really shows how huge a manager’s influence is.”
Every top club has elite players — the difference is razor-thin. The coach is the multiplier.”
“Last season’s title run?
Arsenal and City imploded, and Salah was on god-mode. That’s it.”
“They NEED to sign a CB. No way around it.”
↳”Apparently Liverpool have never sacked a title-winning manager.
Maybe they’re banking on the January window.”
↳”Really?
If they don’t do something now, they might not win again for a while.”
“Getting hammered by Forest AND PSV at Anfield…
This is what happens when Klopp’s goodwill runs out.
Doesn’t matter how much money you spend.”
“Chiesa was the only one working his ass off.
Which basically means all the others were coasting.”
“Teams already figured Slot out: he can’t build a defensive structure.
If the attack goes cold too, it’s over.
In the Premier League, everyone treats them like a solved boss fight.”
“A team that used to defend together now defends like they’re doing community service.
A team that used to attack together now attacks like a drunk pub XI.”
“Trying to win by endlessly keeping the ball and attacking nonstop is pure fantasy.
Last season only worked because Klopp’s intensity still lingered and Gravenberch’s “first-time surprise factor” hadn’t been studied yet.
By the second half of last season, once Slot’s ideas actually started to take hold, performances dropped off.”
“Bring Klopp back already.”
Liverpool fans:
“Last 12 games:
3 wins, 9 losses
15 scored, 24 conceded
Losing with this much consistency using the same XI every time? Slot is truly out of his depth.”
↳”The defending is absolutely criminal.”
“Slot isn’t suddenly going to “change his mindset” — he doesn’t even know how to coach a defense.
Just cut your losses.”
“Gerrard on the 1-4 PSV match:
“Calling it a crisis is a stretch. A crisis is when it takes years to get back to the top.
But the performance? Not acceptable. No excuses.”
Slot now has 9 losses in 12 — the worst run since late 1953 to early 1954.”
“Three straight defeats by 3+ goals — first time since 1953.
Historic for all the wrong reasons.”
“Bring in Riise as interim at this point, lol.”
“He’s not even doing damage control.
Players who still want CL football must be fuming.”
“Losing to an Eredivisie side? Fine.
Getting smashed 1-4? Painful.”
“Slot is officially worse than the Hodgson dark age.
To be fair, Hodgson never got this much money to burn.”
“If they can’t defend, then play a system that doesn’t require defending.
Park the bus and let Endo fire vertical balls all game.
It would still be better than this.”
“Even with Endo, Slot just pushes him forward.
He even made Endo attack last time and it cost them a goal — pretty clear whose idea it was.”
“Managers currently available:
Gerrard
Xavi
Motta
Tudor
Southgate
Huge names everywhere.”
↳”If it’s Gerrard, even bad results would be accepted.
If Slot’s half-baked possession era ends, Xavi could be fun.”
↳”Out of those, I’d want to see Tudor.”
↳”Honestly, appoint Gerrard until the end of the season.
Players have zero motivation right now, and fans are losing the Klopp-era mentality of “never give up”.
They need mental rebuilding more than tactics.”
“None of this gets better until Slot is gone.
Every other PL team defends with all 11 players.
Liverpool has passengers and untouchables. You can’t win like that.”
“Still shocking they didn’t sign a CB.
Sure, you can’t find another Van Dijk easily, but there are plenty of defenders who’d fit the PL.”
“Unless Slot is sacked or they work miracles in January, this will continue.
Their fixture list from late Nov to early Jan is brutal.
Do nothing and both PL and CL races are dead.”
“Reports say the dressing room is split — regulars vs bench players.
Atmosphere is the worst in years.
Under Klopp everyone had chances.
Now bench players are frozen out,”
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