A season from hell: how Arne Slot’s Liverpool fell apart after death of Jota

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Liverpool were in disarray.Mohamed Salah (right) reacts after Liverpool concede a fourth goal against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League. When he was omitted again at Leeds and not used at all as Liverpool twice threw away leads in a chaotic 3-3 draw, Salah had had enough, launching an astonishing verbal attack on the manager in the mixed zone, albeit without naming Slot.“I can’t believe … I’m sitting on the bench for 90 minutes,” Salah said.

I have done so much for this club down the years and especially last season. I think it is very clear that someone wanted me to get all of the blame.”Salah hinted the following week’s game with Brighton, after which he was off to the Africa Cup of Nations, could be his last.

By the time Liverpool went to Tottenham on 20 December, he had one league goal and was yet to play a full game. The 2-1 win at Spurs was, at least, the sixth game in a 13-match unbeaten run, but Liverpool were rarely convincing for more than 45 minutes at any time.City and PSG demolish lingering trophy hopesThe title long since written off, Liverpool were bumping along, doing just enough to likely scrape into the Champions League places, but at least reached the quarter-finals of that competition and the FA Cup.