Liverpool are in dreadful form with Arne Slot's position now under scrutiny just months after winning the Premier League title, and the Reds squad are far from happy with themselves
Virgil van Dijk and Alexis Mac Allister during Liverpool's Champions League defeat to PSV Eindhoven
Virgil van Dijk and Alexis Mac Allister during Liverpool's Champions League defeat to PSV Eindhoven
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Liverpool's dressing room have been left shellshocked by the club's recent abject form, with senior stars feeling that Arne Slot has been let down.
The Reds are enduring their worst spell in 72 years after their dismal 4-1 Champions League defeat at home to PSV Eindhoven. That loss followed a third Premier League reverse in a row where Nottingham Forest also dispatched Liverpool comfortably at Anfield. Their poor run has put Slot's position under threat with the Dutchman overseeing a run of nine losses in 12 games.
Voices were raised in the dressing room after the loss to Forest and captain Virgil van Dijk and others are 'irked' by how things are playing out, per Mail Online. The consensus is said to be that Liverpool boss Slot is being let down by his players.
The squad's predominant feeling is said to be one of confusion, with their current malaise coming just months after they romped to the Premier League title. This season, the club are in the bottom half of the table and 11 points behind league leaders Arsenal.
Some of Liverpool's stars have also spoken publicly about their struggles. Academy product Curtis Jones provided a candid assessment following PSV. "It's unacceptable to be honest," he said. "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."
Arne Slot
Arne Slot needs to turn around Liverpool's form(Image: Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Offside via Getty Images)
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Slot admitted in his press conference that his team have not been up to standard. The Dutchman does not feel let down by his squad, however. "No, not at all," he said on Friday. "Although I do agree with you that our standards, and with our, I mean the team, [they] have not been of the standards we are used to and that we want.
"We think we can play better than we do. But last season when we did really well there was a lot of focus on certain individuals and I always said it should be about the team and the team makes the individuals look very good.
"If the opposite is happening, we should also look at the team and not the individuals. That's what it's about for me."
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