Liverpool are -- how shall I put this? -- terrible. They stink. They cannot be trusted. Horrible. Awful. Yuck. Ew.
After winning the league and spending more than half a billion dollars on transfers this summer, they're in 12th place. They've conceded 20 goals. They have a negative goal differential. Only four defending champs have ever had fewer points at this stage of the season. They're 11 points back of first -- and seven points clear of the relegation zone.
I can keep going. You want me to keep going? OK, I'm going to keep going: This is the most goals since 2008-09 they've conceded through 12 Premier League matches. When Liverpool won the Champions League in 2018-19, they'd allowed only five at this point. When they won the league last season, they'd conceded eight through 12 ma

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