"Having started the season playing badly but still managing to emerge victorious from every game, the widespread assumption was that Liverpool would inevitably get their act together, improve their performances and continue said winning streak. On the contrary, their level of performance has dipped even further and, in the process, they have become the first team in English top-flight history to win their opening five matches and then lose the next four."
"And while there's no getting away from the fact that four consecutive Premier League defeats constitutes something of a crisis for the reigning champions, Football Daily is simply not prepared to accept that a team comprised almost entirely of whey-faced youngsters and senior reserves getting knocked out of Fizzy Cup by Crystal Palace should in any way be lumped into the same bracket as previous defeats."
Liverpool began the season playing poorly but still won their opening five matches. Performances then dipped further, making Liverpool the first English top-flight team to win their first five matches and then lose the next four. Four consecutive Premier League defeats constitute a crisis for the reigning champions. Football Daily refuses to equate a cup defeat by a side of youngsters and senior reserves to previous league losses. Arne Slot rested most senior players for the Palace cup tie, omitting them even from the substitutes' bench. Slot had taken players on away trips to London, Istanbul, London, Frankfurt and London in five of six matches beforehand. The selection decision attracted criticism for perceived misjudgment ahead of key fixtures.
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