Liverpool's Premier League title defence has evaporated already and the defeat by Nottingham Forest showed the seriousness of the problems Arne Slot must address

Nottingham Forest’s fully deserved win at Anfield on Saturday brought the perfect opportunity for Liverpool’s leaders to front up. Forest were the better team as they inflicted the sixth defeat in the last seven Premier League matches on woeful Liverpool.

Out came Arne Slot and Virgil van Dijk and so began a competition to take responsibility for the 3-0 thrashing at the hands of a team who hadn’t won away from home all season. Van Dijk went first. "Everyone in the team has to take responsibility as well. Football is a team and everyone has to take responsibility,” the Liverpool captain said. “We have to digest this and

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