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Yeah it's a conundrum innit, who to be most annoyed at. Obv Hughes and big Headwards left Slot with a limited squad but Slot also is a massive pussy and set up this team to fail way too many times.
In the end they should prob all be fucked off, but Edwards has played his part in 2 titles and a big ears. Not even sure where we go from here
In the end they should prob all be fucked off, but Edwards has played his part in 2 titles and a big ears. Not even sure where we go from here
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Only Bournemouth themselves (17) have conceded more Premier League goals from non-penalty set-pieces than Liverpool (14) this season, while it was the fifth goal the champions had conceded from a throw-in, more than any other team in the league.
Bournemouth’s 95th-minute winner via Amine Adli was the latest example of another unwelcome trait for Liverpool; it was the third 90th-minute winning goal they had conceded in the Premier League this season.
After also losing games at Crystal Palace and Chelsea in second-half stoppage time, this is the first Premier League campaign in which Liverpool have conceded as many as three 90th-minute winners. In fact, prior to this season, they had only conceded two since the end of 2011-12 (vs Bournemouth in 2016-17 and vs Tottenham in 2023-24).
On top of that, there were last-minute equalisers conceded at Leeds United and Fulham in the last two months that cost Liverpool points, along with Harry Maguire scoring in the 84th minute in the 2-1 home defeat to Manchester United earlier this season. They also previously required a very late winner at Newcastle after allowing their 10-man hosts to equalise in the 88th minute on Matchday 2 of the Premier League season.
Particularly notable is that, of those six goals against, five came from set-pieces.
In total, Liverpool have conceded 10 goals from the 76th minute or later in league games this season, with only five teams allowing more. It’s already more than the nine they conceded in the whole of last season, showing that whether due to deploying ineffective tactics or simply suffering a mental block, or both, they are continuously vulnerable late in games. A world away from the ‘mentality monsters’ who used to terrify opponents in the closing stages.
Saturday’s disappointment ended Liverpool’s unbeaten run of 13 games in all competitions, albeit it was hardly the most inspiring undefeated streak, winning seven and drawing six.
Liverpool did win their first five games of the season but were largely unconvincing in doing so. Since then, they have won just five of their 18 league games (D6 L7). That form extrapolated over a whole season would see them win just 44 points.
It is an extended run of poor form in the league, and even of those most recent five wins, they again weren’t all exactly convincing performances. Their 2-1 victory at Tottenham saw them clinging on against nine men in the closing stages, while their 2-1 home success over bottom-place Wolves also ended with the Kop covered in nervous sweat.
Looking at a Premier League table only including games since MD5, Liverpool are 12th, just four points above the relegation zone. They’ve won 22 points fewer than Aston Villa, despite having beaten them in this time, eight points fewer than Brentford, and even five points fewer than Everton.
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However, as we noted prior to the Forest game, Liverpool had a kind run of league fixtures coming up, and after being too open against the tougher teams earlier in the season, Slot decided to be more cautious just as his side were about to face, in theory, a series of weaker opponents. That led to a 13-game unbeaten run, but it also included underwhelming draws against Sunderland, Leeds (twice), Fulham and Burnley.
It’s difficult to argue with Carragher, or any other dissenting voice right now questioning whether the reigning Premier League title holders will even qualify for the Champions League next season. Liverpool are now winless in five league games (D4 L1), their longest run since January 2021 (also five), and sit in sixth place.
Their drop-off in several areas has been stark. After 23 games last season, they had conceded 21 goals, whereas they’ve already conceded 32 times in 2025-26. Only seven teams have conceded more, and they’ve allowed the same number of goals as Brentford and Fulham, and more than Spurs.
At the other end, they had scored 56 goals at this stage last season but have only 35 this term. That’s the same total as Brentford and fewer than Bournemouth (38), while they have accumulated a lower xG (36.4) than both the Bees (38.1) and the Cherries (36.6).
When looking at Liverpool’s rolling non-penalty xG since Slot arrived in the summer of 2024, you can see that there were significant periods last season when his team were able to create an awful lot more than they allowed. This campaign, however, they have struggled to make the difference big enough to ensure games aren’t almost constantly on a knife-edge. When they’ve been better in attack, they’ve been more open in defence, and when they’ve shored things up at the back, their threat at the other end has dipped.
Slot is still averaging 1.97 points per game in the Premier League; only Klopp (2.11) has a better average for the club in the competition. Though, of course, his outstanding first season is doing a lot of the heavy lifting there.
Liverpool’s good form in the Champions League also can’t be ignored, even though arguably their most embarrassing performance of the season came in that competition, a 4-1 thrashing at home by PSV, who might not even finish in the top 24 of the league phase.
A win over Qarabag on Wednesday will see Liverpool finish either third or fourth in the 36-team table, which would be very respectable, in a run that has already included victories over Real Madrid, Inter, Atlético Madrid and Marseille.
Liverpool still have plenty to play for this season. They remain in the FA Cup, have a very good chance of securing a last-16 place in the Champions League, and are in the race for qualifying for the competition next year via the league.
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The last season in which 84 points (2024/25) would have been enough to win the title was 2015/16 — the season won by Leicester (only once in the last 14 seasons, twice in 22 seasons).
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"2nd in 5 years"
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View: https://x.com/LewisSteele_/status/2016180172345524688
View: https://x.com/AnfieldIndex/status/2016192862698762466
The last season in which 84 points (2024/25) would have been enough to win the title was 2015/16 — the season won by Leicester (only once in the last 14 seasons, twice in 22 seasons).
Premier League Tables and Standings - Past Seasons | Sporting Life
Get historic Premier League standings including title race and relegation battles.
This has to be a pisstake, right?
Nobody in their right mind can talk this amount of shit.
