Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler has declared that his former club are already out of the Premier League title race this season. The Reds sit eighth in the table after a 3-0 defeat to Manchester City, their fifth league loss of the campaign, leaving them with just 18 points from 11 matches.
Fowler pointed out that Liverpool have already surpassed the number of defeats they suffered during their title-winning season last year (four). He noted that history shows only two teams have won the Premier League after six or seven losses, making it virtually impossible for Arne Slot's side to catch leaders Arsenal, who are eight points ahead.
“The manager will come out and say all the right things, but you’ve got to have a bit of realism,” Fowler said on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast. “If Liverpool are going to win the league now, they’ve got to win virtually every game. They can’t even draw games. So I think they’re out of the title.”
Slot himself admitted after the City defeat that the number of losses is “too many” and that the focus should be on improving rather than the title race. Liverpool return to action on November 22 against Nottingham Forest.
