The Reds have already become the only team in English top division history to win their first five games before losing the next four. Slot’s side has gone on a downward spiral after their defeat at Crystal Palace. Chelsea beat them, Manchester United upset them at Anfield, and Brentford defeated them at the weekend.
That puts them in eighth place, seven points behind Arsenal. With 29 games remaining, the Reds have plenty of time to regain their groove and re-enter the title race. Reported By The Mirror.
Manchester City, regarded as one of the three teams capable of winning the league, is just one point ahead. Arsenal have established a comfortable lead at this early stage, winning seven and losing one of their nine games.
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However, Liverpool’s four losses leave them with little wiggle room. A look at the historical Premier League winners reveals that no team has won the title with more than six losses during the season.
It means Slot’s team can only lose two more games in the following seven months or they’ll have to rewrite history if they want to keep their championship title. Liverpool lost four times last season, but they were only beaten once in their first 30 games. Three of the losses occurred when the title was almost certain to be won.
Six loses and a bust?
Over the last decade, only Manchester City in 2021 has lost six games while remaining champions, thanks to an extraordinary 15-game winning streak. There is little doubt that the bar has been raised in previous seasons, making it more difficult to win the crown.
A look at the points required to be champions reveals that. In seven of the last nine seasons, you’ve needed at least 89 points to win the title. That level of regularity is supported by a scarcity of defeats.
It is also important to evaluate when the defeats occur. A champion team may complete the year with four or five losses, but if the majority of those defeats occurred after April, when they had a comfortable cushion, the context is different from a team that had been beaten four times by November and had to be relentless from that point forward. That is the current status for the Reds.
When Liverpool won the title under Jurgen Klopp in 2020, they lost three times. Last term, it was four. City won the championship in 2024 and 2022, with three losses. In 2018, their Centurions lost only two defeats.
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