'Slot's lot have lost the plot' - Reds 'gone from blip to full-blown crisis'

"It has gone from a blip, to a worry, to a fully-blown crisis."

They were the words of BBC Radio 5 Live commentator Lee Blakeman who was at Anfield on Wednesday night for Liverpool's crushing 4-1 Champions League defeat to PSV.

"This was a story of misplaced passes, poor defending, a lack of creativity in the wide areas and very questionable goalkeeping," said Blakeman. "Add to that Hugo Ekitike going off injured and Alexander Isak once again failing to convince when he came off the bench.

"A miserable night at Anfield."

Liverpool are in the midst of their worst run in 71 years.

Nine defeats in 12 matches for the first time since the 1953-54 season, three consecutive losses in all competitions by a margin of three goals for the first time since December 1953 - and seven goals conceded in the space of five days at their normally fortress-like Merseyside home.

'Slot's lot have lost the plot,' says the Daily Express back page, with many other papers featuring a similar headline.