Liverpool have had one of their worst starts to a season in recent memory.

In the Premier League, they head into the Aston Villa game at the weekend on a run of four straight losses, with their 3-0 EFL Cup defeat to Crystal Palace their sixth defeat in seven.

It seems unprecedented that a team managed by Arne Slot, who just won the league title last season, has now capitulated into a side that has lost the very components that made them so dominant.

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Liverpool’s midfield lacks the correct balance and control to see them through games, while their defence has been nothing short of shambolic for the majority of the games this season.

How this could happen so soon after the brilliant debut Slot season is anyone’s guess, and even the transfers made in the summer have not really helped to bolster the side in the way fans expected.

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Fans and pundits alike have been trying to wrap their heads around exactly why there has been such a shift with Danny Murphy now noticing one thing that Liverpool have been so poor at this season.

Speaking to talkSPORT, the former...