'If Liverpool play like that at PSG it could be 10-0'
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And rightly so.Ten months on, Liverpool tasted defeat against Fabian Hurzeler's side again but this time the away end was half empty by the time Slot made his way over to the travelling supporters.Their latest defeat is the 10th in the league this season, making it only the seventh time the reigning Premier League champions have lost 10 or more games during their title defence.Since starting the campaign with five wins on the trot, Slot's side have won just nine of their next 26 games in the league. With that kind of form, Liverpool do not look like a team that has it in them to qualify for the Champions League.It is all but certain that the Premier League will get an extra place in the Champions League and Liverpool currently occupy that fifth spot, though they have a game in hand on sixth-placed Chelsea who play later on Saturday.Much had been made in the build-up about the 62 hours Liverpool had to prepare between their Champions League win over Galatasaray at Anfield and this trip to Brighton.With Alisson and Mohamed Salah forced out with injuries, Liverpool's situation worsened when striker Hugo Ekitike was forced off early on."What went wrong started off with the lead up to this game," Slot said."As so many times has happened this season, when we played a very good game [against Galatasaray] and we thought we could bring that level to the next game, or even better, we had Mo Salah injured, we had Alisson injured and, after two minutes, Hugo Ekitike out."That has happened to us so many times this season and what happened to us a lot this season is that the first chance of the other team immediately went in."But in the second half Brighton were the better team and deserved to win."Slot was the first to say that his side deserved to lose here and it would hardly have surprised him.
Of their 10 Premier League games this season following a Champions League fixture, Liverpool have lost five of them. They can't find an answer."As ever, it would be hard to pin the blame entirely on the manager but, ultimately, it is his team that are regularly underperforming.For a man who has always emphasised his desire to play good football, he cannot have enjoyed what he has seen for bulks of this season.Liverpool were superb in midweek against Galatasaray but have been woeful in their past three Premier League games picking up just one point against Wolves, Tottenham and Brighton.Those 62 hours between Galatasaray and Brighton are gone and it is now about the next fortnight, where most of the Liverpool players will be on international duty.
It's very, very worrying for Liverpool"With seven top-flight games left, Liverpool's tally of 10 Premier League defeats this season is already their most since 2015-16.When BBC Sport asked Slot if it was a worry that his side is making the wrong kind of records, he responded: "Of course. My job is to find answers and that's what I tried to do again today.Slot has already conceded that it would be unacceptable if Liverpool are not playing Champions League football next season, even if he stays in the job.