Khaberni - Liverpool's struggles intensified as the reigning champions of the English Premier League football, after suffering a new defeat, their sixth since the beginning of the current season.
Last Saturday, Liverpool fell at Anfield to their guests Nottingham Forest with a score of 0-3 in matchday 12 of the Premier League, marking a disastrous series of negative records.
Mass of Negative Figures for Liverpool
The statistics network "Opta" mentioned that Liverpool lost two consecutive matches by a margin of 3 goals or more for the first time since April 1965 under their former coach Bill Shankly.
Liverpool had lost in the previous round of the Premier League to their host Manchester City by 3 goals to none.
Meanwhile, Liverpool is suffering from a clear weakness in their defense line, as the Reds' net has seen 20 goals in the first 12 English Premier League matches, which is nearly half of the total goals received last complete season (41), according to "The Sun" newspaper.
Liverpool is currently the fourth weakest team defensively, behind Wolverhampton (27), West Ham United (25), and Burnley (24).
At the same time, Liverpool became the fourth team to start the season as the reigning champion in the English Premier League and suffer 6 losses or more, after Blackburn Rovers in 1995-1996 (6 losses), Chelsea in 2015-2016 (7 losses), and Leicester City in 2016-2017 (6 losses).
Isaac's Disaster
On an individual level, Swedish Alexander Isak made an unfortunate entry into Liverpool and English League history, being the first player in the history of the Reds to lose his first 4 matches when he started as a main player.
The same newspaper believes that Dutch coach Arne Slot of Liverpool must act urgently to stop the bleeding of points before the pressure mounts and he might be dismissed from his position.
Slot Owns the Responsibility
For his part, Slot acknowledged his responsibility for the decline in the team's results, expressing his confidence in an upcoming improvement.
Slot said, "A 0-3 loss at home is an extremely bad result regardless of the competing team, I would like to emphasize that I am responsible for the current losses, as the coach is responsible when the team wins and also when it loses."
He added, "I can never fabricate excuses for these results. This is far from an acceptable level, and I am responsible for that."
Despite this, Slot insists that he will find a way to stop this bleeding, saying "Of course there is a way out, especially with the distinguished players we have."
He concluded, "Regardless of whether you win or lose, when setting up the lineup or making substitutions, looking back we think where we can improve, and where we can adjust? But this is different from doubting our ability."
Liverpool has fallen to the 11th place in the standings with 18 points, now 8 points behind the leader Arsenal, who will face their neighbor Tottenham Hotspur this evening, Sunday, in the climax of the same round.
