Three months in and it has already been a season of extreme highs and lows for Liverpool.

A run of five straight wins to start the Premier League title defense. Then a streak of four consecutive losses.

Before the international break an impressive 1-0 victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League was celebrated as some sort of revival. That was immediately shot down in a dispiriting 3-0 defeat at Manchester City, a result Arne Slot has had to stew over for two weeks.

An eight-point deficit to league leader Arsenal isn’t insurmountable, and an ounce of form could close the gap.

The English champion has a home match against Nottingham Forest on Saturday. That kicks off a benign run of end-of-year fixtures for Liverpool against West Ham, Sunderland, Leeds, Brighton, Tottenham, Wolves a

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