Liverpool fans have been spoilt and reality is now hitting them under Arne Slot

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In his latest column, John Aldridge looks back at Liverpool's disappointing draw with Chelsea and the latest controversy involving VARLiverpool supporters have been spoilt over the past decade, first with the Jurgen Klopp era and then Arne Slot guiding the Reds to the Premier League title in his debut season in charge.But a big dose of reality has been dolloped on them this campaign. We have dropped so many points at home, and to lose 18 games in all competitions is frankly nowhere near good enough.READ MORE: Liverpool sent Jeremie Frimpong message as Dominik Szoboszlai transfer rumours addressedREAD MORE: Liverpool release images of permanent Anfield tribute to Diogo Jota and Andre SilvaAnd, with the greatest respect to the likes of Bournemouth and Brighton, that they are the two teams who could still stop Liverpool from gaining Champions League qualification is an indictment both of this disappointing Reds season and the quality of the Premier League as a whole.Both have done brilliantly, but Liverpool were champions last season - the drop-off to be anywhere near them with two games remaining has been significant.True, we have had a lot of injuries and that has exposed the fact our squad just isn’t big enough or deep enough.

Any team would struggle, as Liverpool did for large parts against Chelsea in another dismal home draw.The worry for me, as it has been for much of the season, is the midfield. That’s the one part of the team that hasn’t had many injury problems, but they have rarely had the right balance nor the necessary fitness and physicality to compete regularly in the Premier League.In any other season, a draw at home to Chelsea wouldn’t be the end of the world.

Getting a place in the Champions League would save the day up to a point and allow Liverpool to properly plan for next season, and a lot needs to be worked out.Whether Slot is there to oversee it, we shall have to wait and see.Liverpool have a lot of questions that need answering. The West Ham man gave the officials the option to disallow it.But it’s not like Arsenal haven’t scored a few goals already this season using exactly the same approach.And how can there be a clear and obvious error when VAR took five minutes to end up throwing it back for the referee to decide?It was the same at Old Trafford the previous week with the clear handball that wasn’t given that would have denied Manchester United a goal against Liverpool.