Liverpool’s Crisis Deepens: Is Arne slot Facing the Sack?
(November 27, 2025) – The anfield faithful are growing increasingly restless. Liverpool’s once-dominant aura has evaporated, culminating in a sobering 4-1 defeat to PSV in Champions League group stage play. This loss marks the fourth in their last six matches at home, a statistic that would have been unthinkable just a year ago.More alarmingly,the Reds currently sit in the bottom half of the Premier league table,trailing even their city rivals,Everton. The pressure is mounting on manager Arne Slot, and whispers of a potential managerial change are growing louder.
While not yet eliminated from the Champions League – Liverpool currently occupy 12th place in the league phase after Matchday 5 – the team’s trajectory is deeply concerning. Slot benefited from a meaningful degree of goodwill after guiding Liverpool to a Premier League title last season. However, patience in modern football is a scarce commodity, notably with a possibly stellar pool of managerial talent expected to become available following the upcoming World Cup. Names like Thomas Tuchel, Julian Nagelsmann, and Mauricio Pochettino are already being linked with potential openings, adding fuel to the fire.
The PSV defeat wasn’t simply a case of bad luck. Despite a barrage of 27 shots, with nine on target, Liverpool lacked the clinical edge and tactical fluidity that defined their success under Jurgen Klopp. The team’s vulnerability when conceding first is particularly troubling. Historically, Liverpool thrived in chaotic, late-game scenarios, snatching victories with dramatic, stoppage-time goals. But consistently finding themselves in these positions is a symptom of deeper issues, and the team appears increasingly unable to recover.
There are clear signs of fatigue and decline within key personnel.Mohamed Salah, the talismanic forward, appears to be losing a step, and the attack as a whole is struggling to find a cohesive rythm. The defense, once a fortress, is equally porous. Liverpool have already conceded an expected goals (xG) of 2.0 or more in three matches this season, losing all of them. For context, they allowed an xG of that magnitude only five times in 56 games last season, managing to avoid defeat in three of those encounters.
Injuries to crucial players like Alisson have undoubtedly played a role, but the underlying problems run deeper. Despite significant investment in attacking talent this summer – including high-profile signings like Hugo Ekitike, Florian Wirtz, and Alexander Isak – the team hasn’t built upon last season’s success. While these players have shown flashes of brilliance, they haven’t yet gelled into a potent attacking force. Slot is facing the challenges anticipated in succeeding klopp, but the team’s response to adversity has been woefully inadequate.
The title defense is already in tatters. Eleven points adrift of league leaders Arsenal after just 12 matches, retaining the Premier League trophy appears a near impossibility. Even a Champions League triumph seems unlikely without a clear, repeatable system. The consistency that defined Liverpool’s recent dominance has vanished, replaced by a worrying pattern of underperformance.
This isn’t a series of isolated incidents; its a sustained period of struggle. And the concern is shared by those closest to the club. Jamie Carragher, a former Liverpool player and respected CBS Sports analyst, recently voiced his anxieties about the team’s future.
“What you see now is that Liverpool in 2018 under Klopp started this sort of DNA of being a great team, and then Slot comes in, and what are we seven or eight years later?” Carragher stated. ”The catalyst for Liverpool at the very start of that run was Alisson, [Virgil] Van Dijk, and Salah. alisson’s been injured a lot now, so he doesn’t play so much. When you’re watching Van Dijk now, he’s not the same player, and Mo Salah looks like his legs have gone. I don’t like criticizing them… but you always look for your leaders in your team to step up when things aren’t going well.”
Carragher also called for Salah to take a leadership role, urging him to address the team and the supporters directly. “I want him to come out and do an interview tonight and speak to the Liverpool players about what the players are going to do, what’s going on in the dressing room, giving the supporters hope that things are going to improve.”
The question now isn’t if Liverpool are in crisis, but how Arne Slot will respond. The coming weeks will be critical in determining whether he can salvage the season, or if Liverpool will be forced to consider a dramatic change in leadership.
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