Liverpool’s lifeless 4-1 defeat to PSV Eindhoven left the media wondering if this is the end for Arne Slot at Anfield.
The Reds suffered an awful night in the Champions League, with yet another shambolic performance seeing them lose a ninth game out of the last 12.
Here’s how the media assessed another Liverpool loss and Slot’s nadir to date.
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Does this spell the end for Arne Slot at Liverpool?
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Wednesday, November 26, 2025: Liverpool's head coach Arne Slot after the UEFA Champions League match between Liverpool FC and PSV Eindhoven at Anfield. (Photo by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)
On X, David Lynch said that Slot may have reached the point of no return:
“Arne Slot is a league-winning Liverpool manager, one of only two in the last 35 years, and deserves every respect.
“However, I’m not sure he can or should survive this. Nine defeats in 12 and seven goals conceded in the last two at Anfield.
“This squad is so much better than that.”
The *Mail*‘s Dominic King drew comparisons with the end of Brendan Rodgers’ reign:
“Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, they sang in the away end but there is no silver lining for Slot, who stood with his hands in his pocket for the final 20 minutes and couldn’t change anything.
“This, be in no doubt, is a flashback to how it was in the final season of Brendan Rodgers 11 years ago.”
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Wednesday, November 26, 2025: Liverpool's Milos Kerkez during the UEFA Champions League match between Liverpool FC and PSV Eindhoven at Anfield. (Photo by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)
Chris Bascombe of the Telegraph questioned whether it is possible for Slot to turn things around now:
“Whatever the mitigating factors – and it will be stressed one of the most tragic is among them – this is unacceptable and will soon be reaching the point of unsustainable without tangible proof it can get better.
“Slot’s latest shambles showcased all the dire traits which have become habitual over the past three months, amateurish defending, non-existent midfield cover, and blind panic once behind…
“The trust built so impressively in Slot’s debut season is evaporating at pace.”
Meanwhile, Henry Winter painfully outlined just how bad Liverpool’s run of form is:
“The last time Liverpool had a run as bad as this Winston Churchill was Prime Minister. 72 years.”
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Wednesday, November 26, 2025: Liverpool's Mohamed Salah applauds the supporters after the UEFA Champions League match between Liverpool FC and PSV Eindhoven at Anfield. (Photo by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)
The *Guardian*‘s Andy Hunter feels Slot is desperately clinging onto his job:
“A 75% loss rate since Eddie Nketiah scored a stoppage-time winner for Crystal Palace on 27 September and instigated a collapse that no one at Liverpool, no one in football in fact, could have seen coming. Unbelievable indeed.
“Arne Slot’s team are stuck in reverse…
“Liverpool have suffered three successive defeats by a three-goal margin and show no signs of conjuring the recovery that Slot desperately needs to prevent a crisis undermining his hold on the job.”
In the Mirror, Stephen Killen wrote that Slot has to be the subject of a “serious inquest” now:
“The Reds had winnable games on paper coming in off the back of the international break, but their opponents will be chomping at the bit to inflict misery on the wounded animal.
“The media frenzy will be whipped up, and the Dutchman could well have a handful of games to save his career at Liverpool. A serious inquest has to be held now.”
Finally, Jess Anderson of BBC Sport echoed that sentiment:
“There have been questions over line-ups, formations, heart and desire and whether Slot has what it takes to restore confidence to what was once a glorious winning machine and feared by all.
“With his players booed off at the end of this dispiriting loss, Slot will have to find the answers soon.”