Hugo Ekitike injury update
To add to Liverpool’s list of headaches, Hugo Ekitike was replaced early in the second half due to injury and Arne Slot has confirmed that he was struggling with his back.
“Especially at the start of the second half, I constantly felt, ‘What’s wrong with Hugo?’ It felt as if he couldn’t move as he did [in] the first half. So, that’s why our press was, I think, also a little bit off.
“And he just told me that in the first five to 10 minutes of the first half he already felt his back too much. That’s also why he had to go out.”
Jamie Braidwood27 November 2025 08:37
Arne Slot on what Liverpool need to do to stop the rot
Arne Slot accepted that Liverpool feel vulnerable when they concede, hinting at a frailty in the Premier League champions.
“The only way to go is to go through it now,” Slot told TNT Sports. “And what I mean by that is we just have to face what we are in and fight really hard.
“It will be nice if we don’t, every time, have this knack of conceding a goal, because it’s not only conceding a goal, it’s the feeling, at least the feeling I have and I think the players will probably have the same, and our fans as well.
“After 45 minutes, you don’t expect it to be 1-1, you expect to be up. Instead of being up five or 10 minutes after half-time, again we conceded. That’s hard.”
Jamie Braidwood27 November 2025 08:22
‘We’re in the sh**’: Curtis Jones on Liverpool’s form
“In a long, long time, I haven’t experienced a Liverpool team going through a period like this with results like these,” Curtis Jones told RTE.
“But at the end of the day, we still have that badge on our chest. And until that badge is gone, we’re always going to fight.
“We’re going to try and get this team back to where it needs to be, show everyone again what this club is about and why people call it the best team in the world.
“But right now, we’re in the s*** and it needs to change.”
Jamie Braidwood27 November 2025 08:14
Liverpool’s worst run of results in more than 70 years
Liverpool slipped to defeat against PSV with barely a whimper – a ninth loss in their past 12 matches to ensure the club’s worst 12-game stretch since the 1953-54 season when, for context, Winston Churchill was the UK’s prime minister.
Liverpool’s results since 27th September
L: 1-2 vs Crystal Palace (A)
L: 0-1 vs Galatasaray (A)
L: 1-2 vs Manchester United (H)
W: 5-1 vs Eintracht Frankfurt (A)
L: 0-3 vs Crystal Palace (H)
W: 2-0 vs Aston Villa (H)
W: 1-0 vs Real Madrid (H)
L: 0-3 vs Manchester City (A)
L: 0-3 vs Nottingham Forest (H)
L: 1-4 vs PSV Eindhoven (H)
Jamie Braidwood27 November 2025 08:00
Steven Gerrard on ‘vulnerable’ Liverpool’s dismal run of form
Liverpool legend Steve Gerrard said the Reds are not in a “crisis” yet but called on Arne Slot to come up with solutions to the issues in the team to halt their worrying slide.
“No it’s not [acceptable],” he told TNT Sports. “They’re conceding too many goals, they’re so vulnerable in transition.
“Crisis is a very strong word and disrespectful to the players and manager who have served this football club,” he said.
“I wouldn’t use that word but this team is on a terrible run, they just keep bleeding.
“They’re wide open and unless the manager can find a solution it’s going to continue.”
Jamie Braidwood27 November 2025 07:44
Arne Slot admits to bleak mood inside the Liverpool dressing room
Arne Slot admitted the mood is bleak at Liverpool after their latest defeat, with the Dutch coach expressing his frustration at his side’s defensive form that has seen them conceded 10 goals in their last three games.
“The emotions are very negative and disappointing,” Slot admitted. “I was also hoping and expecting a better performance, because the performance was far from what we are used to, even if we’re losing, our performances have been better.”
Jamie Braidwood27 November 2025 07:29
‘I’m past being angry inside’ – Curtis Jones on Liverpool form
Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones summed up the frustration around Anfield after the Reds fell to their ninth defeat in 12 games in the 4-1 loss to PSV
“I don’t have the answers. Honestly, I don’t. I’m saying that to everybody. It’s just unacceptable,” Jones said to Irish broadcaster RTE.
“I don’t even have to wait to think about it. I’m past being angry inside. I’m at the point now where I just don’t have the words.
“It’s hard because I’m playing for the team I support. I’m a fan, and I’ve seen this club all my life.
“In a long, long time, I haven’t experienced a Liverpool team going through a period like this with results like these.”
Jamie Braidwood27 November 2025 07:16
Arne Slot responds to Liverpool sack speculation after ‘shock’ of worst run for 70 years
Arne Slot has responded to speculation that he will soon be facing the sack as Liverpool boss and admits he is in shock at the dismal run the club are on – their worst for more than 70 years.
“It is a shock for everyone, for the players, for me, this is very, very unexpected,” Slot said. “I am feeling safe, I am okay though.
“It would be nice to turn it around and get a victory but if you are working as a coach and not doing well then it is normal that questions are asked.”
Luke Baker27 November 2025 07:12
Stat attack
This is the first time Liverpool have lost three straight matches by three or more goals since their last relegation season, 1953-54.
Flo Clifford26 November 2025 23:11
Van Dijk ‘unbalanced’ by push in lead-up to penalty – Arne Slot
Arne Slot also weighs in on Van Dijk’s handball that led to the penalty, which kicked off the whole disaster.
He says: “I think he [Van Dijk] got a little push.
“That push unbalanced him, that’s why he raised his arm and made the handball.
“I don’t think the VAR will ever overturn a small push like that.”
Flo Clifford26 November 2025 23:04
