Liverpool Football Club is engulfed in a full-blown crisis following a humiliating 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest at Anfield on Saturday. The loss, their sixth in seven Premier League matches, drags the team into the bottom half of the table and effectively ends their faint hopes of defending the title.
Scholes Brands Slot's Behaviour 'Classless'
The pressure on manager Arne Slot is intensifying, with his behaviour from last season now coming under fierce scrutiny. Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has publicly branded a trip Slot took to Ibiza as 'classless' and 'disrespectful'.
Scholes, speaking on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast, highlighted the incident where Slot was spotted in a DJ booth on the Spanish island while Liverpool still had two matches remaining in the 2024/25 campaign. While not directly blaming the trip for the current collapse, Scholes insisted the warning signs of lax discipline were visible even then.
Souness Launches Blistering Salah Critique
On the pitch, the problems are equally stark, and Liverpool legend Graeme Souness has singled out star forward Mohamed Salah for a brutal assessment. Souness accused the Egyptian of 'not turning up' this season and showing a 'lack of appetite'.
He pointed to a specific incident in the Community Shield where Salah failed to challenge for a ball, suggesting it was a signal of his diminished commitment. With just three non-penalty league goals so far, Salah's form has fallen dramatically from his 34-goal haul last term.
A Club in Turmoil
The comprehensive defeat to Nottingham Forest marks Liverpool's second consecutive 3-0 loss, a staggering statistic for a team that was champion just months ago. The situation has deteriorated so severely that Liverpool have now been overtaken by local rivals Everton on goal difference.
For Arne Slot, the task is now monumental. He must find a way to reverse this alarming slide quickly, with the pressure at Anfield threatening to become overwhelming. The 'unlosable' job he inherited now appears to be hanging in the balance.
