Liverpool are heading towards a real crisis in the Premier League this season.

Arne Slot may have thought his nightmare run was over when his side beat Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League until the whistle blew on their fourth consecutive loss in the top-flight to Brentford.

The game ended 3-2 with the Reds looking like the second-best team on the pitch by a mile all night as Keith Andrews exposed the flaws that have been ever apparent in their previous losses.

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Where Liverpool have struggled this season is in the defence, with Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate’s usually reliable partnership being undone by mistakes from both men.

It has been frustrating to watch both men caught out on multiple occasions this season, as both of them are trying to make up for the awful decisions they have made to no avail.

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There are different reasons as to why it has not been working this season, and it is clear that one issue is the fact that Liverpool are playing a higher line than their title-winning season, which exposes them to long balls.

Micah Richards, though, believes another key aspect...