Arne Slot must find answers to growing Liverpool problems as difficult truth revealed

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After falling to defeat in the Premier League at Crystal Palace at the weekend, the Premier League champions suffered Champions League defeat in Turkey, losing 1-0 to GalatasarayJeremy joined the Daily Star in 2010 as Manchester football correspondent and for more than a decade has served as our Chief Sports Writer. He provides expert coverage on Manchester United and Manchester City, the Premier League as a whole, and the England football team.

Jeremy has covered football, rugby and cricket World Cups, as well as Wimbledon, the golf majors and the Olympics.Arne Slot has walked on water since striding into Anfield, replacing fan favourite Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool manager and duly winning the Premier League title at the first attempt.At one stage during his debut campaign he had Liverpool on course for a historic quadruple, like the great Pep Guardiola has done in the past at Manchester City. Wirtz is too talented not to succeed, but the growing feeling is that he has unbalanced Liverpool's midfield.Record signing Alexander Isak remains off the pace following his self-imposed strike as he forced his move away from Newcastle, while it's doubtful Slot will decide to start without Mo Salah again for a big Champions League game.Injuries to Alisson and another of the Reds' new boys, Hugo Ekitike, added to a tough night by the Bosphorus, ahead of a tough trip to Stamford Bridge to face world champions Chelsea this weekend.If they're going to waltz away from west London with three points in the bag, then Slot has some problems and puzzles to solve.He will know deep down that Liverpool have lost the hallmarks of composure and calm from last season.

He will know his team have to stop losing leads and games which should be won.He will know he has time on his side to get his side back to the standards they set during the 2024-25 campaign. And he will know above all of the above, that he's paid the big bucks to come up with the solutions.And failing to find those solutions is not an option at a club like Liverpool.Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content.