Liverpool’s 2025/26 season under Arne Slot has faced unexpected scrutiny despite a record-breaking summer spend and a successful debut season that secured the Premier League title.
Following a huge £416 million outlay on players like Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak, expectations were high, but the club has recorded only two wins in their last five games and four recent losses.
While the Reds are currently only four points off the league lead, their performances have been marked by inconsistency.
Of their seven total wins, six required a late winner, usually coming in the final ten minutes. The team is criticized for its “dysfunctional and uncoordinated” press and a drastic drop in intensity after establishing comfortable first-half leads.
Club legend Steven Gerrard had “likened the strategy to fixing the roof while the sun shines,” but Slot is now tasked with integrating new, transitional players into a possession-based system.
The international break offers a crucial window for the manager to “better instil his philosophies and playstyle” to overcome the “extended dip in form.”