'I'm past being angry' - Liverpool in worst run for 71 years

(BBC) - With seven consecutive wins under their belt at the start of the campaign, Liverpool seemed in prime position to put up a robust Premier League title defence and go deep in the Champions League.

Now, they are in the midst of their worst run in 71 years after suffering a humiliating 4-1 defeat by PSV at Anfield.

Nine defeats in 12 matches for the first time since the 1953-54 season, three consecutive losses in all competitions by a margin of three goals - and seven goals conceded in the space of five days at their normally fortress-like Merseyside home.

"I don't have the answers, honestly, I don't. It's just unacceptable," Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones told RTE.

"I'm past being angry inside. I'm at the point now where I just don't have the words."

The stats make for grim reading for Liverpool fans, who were in dreamland after Arne Slot guided them to the Premier League title in his first season, but are now questioning whether he is still the right man for the job.

The Dutch manager is under increasing pressure as he tries to find a solution to what has fast become a serious problem.

"At the moment things are not clicking and it all feels very difficult," former Liverpool full-back Stephen Warnock told BBC Sport.

"The defeats are just adding up at the moment, and compounding things so they get worse and worse.

"Is it down to over-confidence? I actually don't know why, and it is very strange. But there is an apparent lack of fight, which is very hard to see."