Published: 23:22, 25 October 2025 | Updated: 23:22, 25 October 2025

Arne Slot thinks Liverpool’s loss at Brentford was the worst performance of his era and that he is struggling for the answers on how to cope against direct teams.

It came at a complete contrast to Keith Andrews who hailed the best night of his short managerial career after goals from Dango Ouattara, Kevin Schade and Igor Thiago helped Brentford on the way to a famous win despite Milos Kerkez and Mohamed Salah’s strikes.

The Premier League champions have now lost four straight league games, the most bruising month of Slot’s managerial career – and the Dutchman says the display was far from the level the Reds set in winning the title last year.

Asked if it was the worst performance of his tenure, Slot said: ‘Yeah. I think it is up there, yeah. In my time here. In terms of losing a game. Normally when we are 1-0 or 2-0 down, by the way after we went 1-0 down that was the only moment I really liked.

‘After 30 minutes they took...