By TUM BALOGUN, SPORTS RESPONDER Published: 21.29 GMT, October 26. 2025 | Updated: 21:32 GMT, 26 October 2025
Jamie Carragher thinks Liverpool is in crisis after their fourth consecutive Premier League defeat. The champions lost 3-2 to Brentford on Sunday, their fourth defeat in as many matches, after losses to Chelsea, Manchester United, and Crystal Palace. The defeats are now equal to their total from last year, and they’re five points behind Arsenal. Arne slot’s team has conceded nine goals in four games, and looks a shadow the team who won the league title five months earlier. Questions are growing over Liverpool’s balance and intensity after a £446million summer outlay failed to translate into results.Carragher warned that the slide has gone beyond a simple loss of form and argued that Slot’s team lack the physical edge needed to compete.’I don’t think they’ve got enough [physicality]He said this on Sky Sports. Losing four games in a week for a team fighting to stay up, such as Brentford, would be disastrous. Jamie Carragher thinks Liverpool are in crisis after their fourth straight Premier League defeat. The champions were defeated 3-2 by Brentford last Saturday, which was their fourth league loss in a row.The manager, players and staff will all be asked some serious questions.Slot said it was a sobering evening for his team, which admitted they had ‘no answers’ to physical, direct play that has plagued them for most of this month. Liverpool lost 3-0 at the Gtech Community Stadium against Liverpool, despite goals by Kevin Schade, Igor Thiago and Dango Oouttara. Milos Kerkez scored late and Mohamed Salah also did. Slot said it was a ‘worst performance’ of his career and that opponents had “found a very effective strategy” to play against them. If we win a match during the week you naturally hope for a good result. I too hoped for a more impressive performance. This was a far cry from the usual.Slot said that teams have exploited Liverpool’s weaknesses under set-pieces and long throws. This was a problem Slot highlighted himself after Brentford’s first goal.He said teams knew what strategy to use against them. Slot admitted that his team has ‘no response’ to the physical and direct football Brentford have displayed. Salah’s goal ended a 6-match drought but he is still short of his normal standards. New arrivals like Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz, and Florian are still settling in Slot’s system. City In the coming week, Carragher will have to test the resolve of his players and the warning he gave that the Champions are already “in crisis time”.
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Jamie Carragher warns about Liverpool’s poor form. The pundit says the Reds are in crisis after their fourth consecutive Premier League loss – and identifies the key trait Arne slot’s team lacks
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