It’s important to return to the Brendan Rodgers days to seek out the final time Liverpool made such a disappointing begin to a Premier League season.
Having solely amassed 10 factors from their opening seven matches, Jurgen Klopp‘s facet are languishing in mid-table, with any hopes of a title problem fading in a short time.
Saturday’s 3-3 draw with Brighton means they’ve shared the factors in 4 of their first seven matches, with solely two victories up to now.
The final time Liverpool made such an underwhelming begin to a Premier League marketing campaign was in 2014-15, when the Reds have been additionally left with 10 factors after their first seven matches.
With Rodgers on the helm, Liverpool had really managed yet one more victory by this level than Klopp’s facet have registered up to now this time period.
2014-15 would go on to be Rodgers’ final full season as supervisor at Anfield, with Liverpool ultimately ending in sixth place on 62 factors.
The Northern Irishman, who eight years on seems to be nearing the tip of his time as supervisor at Leicester, could be sacked lower than two months into the next season, with Liverpool failing to get wherever close to the highs of their title problem in 2013-14.
It’s a worrying statistic that goes to point out simply how a lot Klopp’s crew are struggling at current, with Saturday’s efficiency one other extraordinarily disjointed one.
The gradual begins to matches are a recurring theme, with the Reds having now conceded the primary aim in 12 of their final 15 video games in all competitions. Proof that their defensive issues are greater than only a blip.
The three targets scored by Brighton‘s Leandro Trossard on Saturday means they’ve conceded 9 targets of their opening seven video games, with their solely two clear sheets coming in a 9-0 win over an especially poor Bournemouth facet and within the goalless Merseyside derby.
Liverpool are already 11 factors off prime spot, and their subsequent two matches come towards Arsenal and Man Metropolis, the 2 sides main the way in which within the desk.
