Liverpool humiliated at home 3-0 by relegation-battling Forest

Liverpool’s season has taken a dramatic turn for the worse.

A humiliating 3-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest, who entered the match entrenched in the relegation zone, dealt a fresh blow to Arne Slot’s hopes of salvaging his Premier League title defence and left him facing uncomfortable questions about how to halt the club’s slide.

What was already a season of chastening setbacks lurched to an embarrassing new low. This was the bleakest day of the Arne Slot era, as Liverpool were thoroughly outplayed on their own turf.

According to the New York Times, Morgan Gibbs-White’s third goal in the 78th minute prompted hundreds of home fans to leave early, a telling sign of the frustration in the stands.

Losing to Manchester City is one thing; being humiliated at home by a team hovering near the relegation zone is quite another.

Liverpool’s problems are piling up. The side currently looks rudderless—vulnerable at the back, lacking in midfield, and toothless in attack.

It’s six defeats in seven league games, and the title defence is in tatters. Injuries haven’t helped, with Florian Wirtz and Conor Bradley among the latest to pull up lame this week, but the bigger issue is the lack of cohesion, belief, and fight in the remaining squad.

Established stars have lost their way, and summer signings have failed to make an impact.

This defeat marks Liverpool’s worst Premier League home loss since Manchester City’s 4-1 win at Anfield in February 2021.

As Forest fans chanted “You’re getting sacked in the morning” late in the game, Slot won’t be dismissed—yet. But he urgently needs answers, or the slide could get even worse.

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