Via BBC SPORTS:
Liverpool suffered only four Premier League defeats in the entirety of last season and two of those came after they had already clinched the title.
This weekend they could lose five league matches in a row for the first time since September 1953.
A midweek League Cup loss to Crystal Palace lowered the tone at Anfield even further, although Arne Slot decided to name eight teenagers in his match-day squad and rest the majority of his preferred Premier League team.
Strangely, the visit of in-form Aston Villa might be the necessary tonic for Slot’s ailing side.
Liverpool have won six of their last seven league clashes with Villa at Anfield, drawing the other.
They’ve also lost just once to the Midlands side in 15 Premier League meetings, drawing three and winning 11.