FRANKFURT, Germany -- Five was a number that Liverpool wanted to avoid against Eintracht Frankfurt but, rather than suffer a fifth successive defeat in all competitions, Arne Slot's team ended their losing streak with a 5-1 Champions League victory that answered most of the questions being asked of the Premier League champions.

Most, but not all.

Slot will have been delighted to see £100 million summer signing Florian Wirtz register two assists in the emphatic win and it was also a night when Dominik Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones proved that Liverpool can have a functioning midfield unit, even with so much attacking talent on the pitch.

But while the positives of such a comfortable win to end a four-game losing run are clear, the downside of Liverpool's performance at Deut

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