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It's a total crisis. It is shocking that Liverpool has lost four consecutive games in the English Premier League.
Liverpool lost 2-3 in the ninth round of the EPL in the 2025-2026 season against Brentford at G-Tech Community Stadium in London, England on the 25th (Korea time). It was dark from the start.
Brentford took the lead with Dango Watara's opening goal just five minutes into the match. Kevin Chade scored his second goal in the 45th minute of the first half. In Liverpool, Milos Kerkez scored a comeback goal in the 49th minute of extra time in the first half.
The trend was divided again in the 15th minute of the second half. Brentford's Igor Thiago scored his third goal with a penalty. After VAR (video reading), Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk decided to foul Watara inside the penalty box. In the 44th minute of the second half, Mohamed Salah broke the chase again, but no more goals were scored.
When Liverpool manager Arne Slot was devastated by a four-game losing streak, Brentford fans jokingly sang the song `I'm going to get fired in the morning.' That is unlikely to happen. However, Liverpool's second consecutive EPL championship was given a red light.
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Liverpool has lost four straight in the EPL for the first time in four years and eight months since February 2021. It is the fourth time that the winning team of the season has lost four consecutive games just before the EPL, following Leicester City in the 2016-2017 season, Liverpool in the 2020-2021 season, and Manchester City in the last season. Liverpool won 5-1 in the European Champions League (UCL) league phase against Frankfurt (Germany) on the 23rd, but the reversal did not continue until the EPL.
It's a series of humiliation. Liverpool, which destroyed Manchester City's stronghold in the EPL last season, dropped 'moneybomb' to make a bigger leap in the summer transfer market. Liverpool broke the EPL's highest price by recruiting Florian Birz for £116 million (about 222.3 billion won) in June.
It wasn't the end. He broke the highest transfer fee on his own, holding Alexander Isaac in his arms, who was in sharp conflict with Newcastle United. The transfer fee was 125 million pounds (about 239.6 billion won).
Liverpool's spending amounted to 450 million pounds (about 862.5 billion won). It is a new record for the amount of money a single club has spent in a single transfer market. The previous record was 400 million pounds (about 766.6 billion won) set by Chelsea in the summer of 2023. Not only is this more than other European clubs, but it is almost the same as the total expenditure of other European leagues.
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But grades were inversely proportional. Slot replaced Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool manager last summer. It seemed to open up the first season 'The Road to Fame', but in the second year, it was driven to a crisis.
The view toward Salah is not good either. He played as a substitute against Frankfurt three days ago and played full time against Brentford. On the 14th of last month, he restarted the goal bombing 42 days after scoring a goal with a penalty kick against Burnley, but his team's defeat faded.
Salah scored 29 goals and 18 assists in the EPL last season, dominating the top scorer and assistants. Liverpool also successfully re-signed Salah.
However, Salah has only scored three goals in the EPL this season. England's 'BBC' seems to lack confidence when dealing with the defender 'Sala recently. He is famous for his fast attacks, but he has not been able to attack defense without fear as he used to be.
Liverpool led the way with all five games, but lost four in a row and fell to sixth place (15 points). Slot coach "Both results and performance were disappointing. It was the worst game I've ever experienced in Liverpool. If you make a lot of changes in the summer, it can shake. However, he bowed his head, saying, "I didn't expect to win four consecutive games.'
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
