Shocking again as Reds suffer embarrassment

THE crisis affecting Liverpool deepened with a calamitous 4-1 Champions League defeat to PSV Eindhoven leaving head coach Arne Slot under huge pressure after a ninth loss in 12 matches.

- By CARL MARKHAM

Dominik Szoboszlai celebrates his equaliser

(Alfie Cosgrove News Images)

In fairness the Dutch man cannot be held responsible for inexplicable individual errors from his players but he is struggling to arrest a slide which is now threatening domestic and European success.

Ibrahima Konate completely missing the ball leading to the third goal was entirely predictable based on the woeful form he has shown this season; captain Virgil van Dijk conceding a ridiculous sixth-minute penalty was not however.

But when confidence is so low it does not take much for things to turn sour quickly but after Dominik Szoboszlai equalised Ivan Perisic’s spot-kick within 10 minutes it seemed the hosts were back on an even keel.