Liverpool arrived at the end of 2024\u201325 as Premier League champions, Arne Slot\u2019s debut season delivering a second post-1992 title after the club\u2019s 2019\u201320 success under J\u00fcrgen Klopp. Yet the club\u2019s history also contains seasons of clear underperformance, and recent form has revived questions about how low the Reds can fall.<\/p>\n
Remarkably, Liverpool have never finished a Premier League season in the bottom half, but they have approached that boundary on several occasions. The few low points totals of the Premier League era include a nadir of 52 points in 2011\u201312, Kenny Dalglish\u2019s second spell in charge, when a squad featuring Charlie Adam, Stewart Downing, Jay Spearing, Jonjo Shelvey and Andy Carroll underdelivered. Other low finishes by points: 54 in 1998\u201399 (7th), 60 in 1993\u201394 (8th, in a 42-game season), 60 in 2015\u201316 (8th), 61 in 2012\u201313 (7th) and 63 in 2009\u201310 (7th).<\/p>\n
After 12 games in 2025\u201326, Liverpool sit 11th in the table, having lost six of their last seven matches in the competition. That disastrous run, tracing back to September 27, has seen them tumble from the top of the table into mid-November mediocrity.<\/p>\n
Problems are visible across the squad. New signings Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz, each costing over \u00a3100 million ($132.4 million), have failed to make an impact, while the defence has looked unstable. Virgil van Dijk appears uncharacteristically hesitant, Ibrahima Konat\u00e9 looks a shadow of his former self, and new fullbacks Jeremy Frimpong and Milos Kerkez have yet to fill the void left by Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson.<\/p>\n
As reigning champions, only Jos\u00e9 Mourinho\u2019s Chelsea in 2014\u201315 suffered a worse start to a title defence, losing seven of their first 12 games; that run cost Mourinho his job seven months after winning the Premier League. Can Arne Slot reverse the decline? On paper there are reasons for optimism: Liverpool began the season strongly, possess world-class talent across the pitch, and could use the January transfer window to reinforce. For now, there are also no plans to sack him just yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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