"Nine defeats in 12 games. A 75% loss rate since Eddie Nketiah scored a stoppage-time winner for Crystal Palace on 27 September and instigated a collapse that no one at Liverpool, no one in football in fact, could have seen coming. Unbelievable indeed. Arne Slot's team are stuck in reverse. PSV Eindhoven became the latest grateful recipients of woeful Liverpool defending and aimless attacking play to inflict a comprehensive and damaging Champions League defeat on the Anfield side."
"From their second corner in quick succession, delivered by Joey Veerman, the Liverpool captain handled high above his head at the near post to concede a clear penalty. The Spanish referee, Alejandro Hernandez, was unmoved by Van Dijk's claims that he had been pushed in the back by his Netherlands' defensive colleague Jerdy Schouten. So too was the video assistant referee. Veteran Croatian midfielder Ivan Perisic sent a confident penalty the opposite way to Liverpool goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, who was deputising for the ill Alisson."
Liverpool have lost nine of their last 12 matches, representing a 75% loss rate since a stoppage-time defeat at Crystal Palace on 27 September. Arne Slot's team have produced woeful defending and aimless attacking, culminating in a comprehensive Champions League defeat to PSV Eindhoven. The side have suffered three successive defeats by three-goal margins and have conceded first in 10 of their last 12 outings. Virgil van Dijk conceded a clear penalty from a high-handled corner, which Ivan Perisic converted against deputising goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili. Boos greeted the final whistle, and Liverpool responded positively after going behind.
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