Jurgen Klopp Liverpool EPL
Jurgen Klopp Liverpool

Liverpool have seen a massive slump in the Premier League and many are labeling this as the worst title defence they have ever seen. The Reds won the league with all their might last campaign but less than a year later, they are struggling to even beat sides who are battling relegation.

After the first few losses, everyone was certain that this was a slight dip in form(something which is very acceptable after such a strenuous one and a half year period) but Liverpool have been losing one game after another and this has forced Gary Neville to claim that the Anfield castle is coming tumbling down.

He said on the Gary Neville Podcast: “How bad are Liverpool? They’re really bad… When I say that, I mean really bad in sight of how good they’ve been. We all like different styles of football and for me, if you said put Manchester City over the last three years against Liverpool, I’m taking Liverpool all day long.

“Their speed of play, the aggression in their play, their style of play, I love it. I love the front three, I love the way the back four played, their goalkeeper is outstanding.

“This Man City team is a fantastic team, don’t get me wrong, and it pains me to say that they are both the biggest rivals for Manchester United. Liverpool have been absolutely outstanding and reached unbelievable heights and I said a few weeks ago on this podcast that it was acceptable that they would have a little bit of a dip and I would go easy on them. We could never do it in the fourth year at Man Utd, there was always that dip, but this isn’t a dip – this is a collapse. They’re woeful at the moment in every single way.

“But what’s happening at the moment is bizarre… and it feels like they’ve lost absolutely everything that they had. Their speed of play, their confidence, the way in which Anfield was such a difficult place to go, the determination, the resilience to win when they weren’t playing well – there isn’t anything there at the moment.

“I don’t how they get that back other than to get to the end of the season. They’re going to struggle to get into the top four – they still could but they’re really going to struggle – because the mood in the dressing room at the moment must be really low. The confidence must be drained out of them and I have no answer. It goes beyond what would be a fourth year dip, this is a real collapse.

“When he gets them to the end of the season, he’s going to have to regroup, but then you think about the fact there’s a European Championships and then the season will start again pretty quickly. His players aren’t going to get much of a rest.

“They’ve to regroup and make sure the damage that is being done at this moment in time in terms of the confidence isn’t long-standing. The fact that they won the Premier League title last season and got to a Champions League final and won the year before, also losing it the year before that, it’s still the same group of players.”

Liverpool managed to get back to winning ways this week as they beat RB Leipzig in the Champions League Round of 16. And this win will go a long way in helping Klopp’s side get back some of their confidence.

The Merseyside outfit are surely swimming through uncharted territory and if they fail to remain in the Champions League next season then it will be a massive disaster. Not only will Liverpool fail to attract the big name players during the summer but their own superstars like Mo Salah and Sadio Mane could look to head out.

Liverpool are currently eighth on the league table and have managed to win just one out of their previous five Premier League matches – something which is surely not helping their cause.

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