Arne Slot has a “lot of problems to solve” after “terrible week”

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The Premier League champions have lost three games in a row heading into the international break, following yet another unconvincing performance. Here’s how the media reacted to another bad day for Arne Slot and his Liverpool players.

This now feels more than just a blip… On X, the Mail‘s Lewis Steele described Liverpool as “toothless,” which seemed fair: “For the first time in his career Arne Slot has lost three in a row and has an awful lot of problems to solve. Salah just isn’t affecting Premier League games this season; nothing he does is coming off.” For the first time, Slot is receiving real criticism… The Athletic’s James Pearce felt Slot’s substitutions simply didn’t work: “Even when Liverpool were on top in the second half, they were still so open defensively.

Strange not to bring on Chiesa for either Salah or Gakpo rather than make the Endo sub.” Genuinely like Slot went 'see everything that worked well last season, let's not do any of that again'. — Matt Ladson (@mattladson) October 4, 2025 BBC Sport‘s Phil McNulty believes this is now a key time for Slot to regroup during the international break: “It concluded a miserable week for Slot and Liverpool, in which they have twice received a taste of their own medicine – the side who had made a habit of scoring late winners having been on the receiving end in two straight league games. “Slot isn’t helping himself here with most of these decisions.” Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool MATCH REPORT: Another deserved defeat for Reds PLAYER RATINGS: Hard to pick a man of the match!