LATEST SETBACK STUNNED US INTO

AS THE Brentford supporters celebrated claiming the scalp of the champions on Saturday evening, the scene inside the away dressing room couldn't have been any more different.

- BY IAN DOYLE

With cheers and chants echoing in the distance, Arne Slot's disgruntled and defeated Liverpool players sat in stony silence after slumping to a fourth straight Premier League defeat.

Just days after a squad-only meeting called by skipper Virgil van Dijk helped spark new life into a flailing season with a Champions League romp at Eintracht Frankfurt, this time there was no desire for any great call to arms.