Martin Keown believes that Arne Slot’s decisions at Liverpool have put the team in “trouble” this season.

Last term, the Anfield outfit were the best team in England by some way, and now, they’re sitting seventh in the Premier League table.

Things may have started off going the Reds’ way when the season first kicked off, but over the last month or so, everything has gone pear-shaped.

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Liverpool’s new signings haven’t settled in as well as many would have expected them to, and now, they’re paying the price.

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Even with the likes of Alexander Isak and Mohamed Salah leading their line, Keown has now suggested the main way that Liverpool have got themselves into trouble this term.

Wirtz’s Liverpool transfer was one of the most talked-about moves of the window, that is alongside the eventual arrival of Isak, of course.

Many thought that he’d easily fill the creative void left by Trent Alexander-Arnold, but in reality, that’s been far from the case.

The German may have three assists to his name now, but on the face of things, his transfer has been a failure.

And, even...