Curtis Jones was left angered after Liverpool slumped to another defeat as they were brushed aside by PSV Eindhoven
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Curtis Jones was left angered and speechless after Liverpool's 4-1 defeat to PSV Eindhoven
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Curtis Jones has described Liverpool's poor run of form as "unacceptable" in an X-rated interview. The Reds midfielder was visibly upset and angry after their 4-1 defeat to PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday.
Liverpool slumped to a ninth defeat in their last 12 after mistakes proved costly against the Eredivisie giants. The defeat sparked fresh scrutiny and piled mounting pressure on Arne Slot.
Jones was left speechless after another collapse for the Premier League champions after Wednesday's defeat meant that Liverpool have now conceded 10 goals in their last three matches.
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He said: "I don't know, I don't have the answers, I'm the same as everyone else. It's unacceptable to be honest, as I said, I don't even have the words, I'm past being angry and sad, I'm at the point now where I don't have the words.
"It's hard to find the words, I'm a player and a fan, I'm seeing it like this, I haven't experienced a team play like this bad and results like this.
"At the end of the day, we still have that badge on our chest, until that badge goes, we're always going to fight, try get this team to where it needs to be and show why Liverpool is the best team in the world.
"But as of now, we're in the s*** and it needs to change."
Liverpool sit in the Champions League playoff positions after their second defeat in the competition. But Slot faces calls to be sacked after the issues at Anfield worsened against Peter Bosz's side.
After defeat to Nottingham Forest on Saturday, they were again handed a monumental task to overcome when Ivan Perisic opened the scoring inside five minutes from the spot, after Virgil van Dijk was penalised for handball.
Liverpool were miles off it on Wednesday night as they lost again
Liverpool were miles off it on Wednesday night as they lost again
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Liverpool's player of the season, Dominik Szoboszlai, popped up at the perfect moment to equalise 16 minutes later, sparking impetus from the hosts. Hugo Ekitike, Cody Gakpo and Van Dijk all came close to handing Liverpool the lead before the break.
Their pressure continued after the break, with Alexis Mac Allister and Gakpo going close, but shortly after, a lapse from Milos Kerkez allowed Guus Til to restore PSV's lead.
Ibrahima Konate's dismal season continued as his mistake allowed the visitors in behind, eventually leading to Couhaib Driouech's first goal of the evening.
In stoppage time, the Moroccan finished with aplomb to double his tally and make it four for the Dutch side. There were splatters of boos at full-time with Slot under pressure to find solutions to problems that have persisted all season.
When asked about discussions surrounding his future, the 47-year-old said: "I don’t think it’s important if it is fair or not. But that it’s normal, that I understand.
"If any manager around the world loses football games, let alone as many as we have lost, it’s quite normal that people have an opinion about that and if that is fair or not fair, that’s for other people to judge.
"But that it’s normal, I think it is that if you lose so many times that people start talking about that.
"I don’t agree with you that the quality [of Liverpool’s players] isn’t showing itself. I see enough moments that players show their quality but it doesn’t reflect in the score or in the results, that is clear.
"But no, I am not worried – what I mean with that is that my focus is on other things than worrying about my own position. I try to analyse [and] try to help the players as much as I can, and it is obvious that I don’t do it in the way that I did it last season because when you talk about individual errors, I think that is also something that comes from a team effort.
"So, again, I need to do better and that is what I am trying to do every single day, to improve the team, and that is where my main focus is, to be honest."