Following a heavy Champions League defeat to PSV, a frustrated Curtis Jones delivered a scathing verdict on Liverpool’s poor form, calling the performance ‘unacceptable’ and demanding more fight from the team.
According to a report from The Liverpool Offside, after Liverpool’s 4-1 home defeat to PSV Eindhoven, Curtis Jones gave a raw and emotional assessment of the team’s state.
He said: “I don’t know, I don’t have the answers. I’m the same as everybody else. It’s just unacceptable to be honest.”
He added: “I don’t even have the words — I’m past being angry and sad. I’m now at the point where I don’t have the words… I’m a player and a fan and I’m seeing it like this where, for a long, long time, I haven’t experienced a team playing this bad.”
Jones urged his teammates to abandon their “nice” style and embrace a more combative, high-pressing mindset. “It starts with just wanting to be a man out there and just wanting to tackle someone and be a dog out there,” he told CBS Sports.
“It’s got to be on me and the rest of the lads to change this around and not be so nice where teams are coming here thinking we’re going to score two, three, four goals.”
He recalled the days when Anfield was a fortress, when opposing players dreaded visiting, and called on Liverpool to reclaim that intensity: “This used to be a place that you hated to come to with the fans and how we played and how we pressed — just absolute dogs.”
With the club enduring nine defeats in 12 games — its worst run in 71 years — the demands for change are mounting, and Jones made clear the urgency: “We’ve still got that badge on our chest … but as of now, we’re in the s*** and it needs to change.”