Liverpool cult hero issues uncomfortable truth to Arne Slot after Man City loss

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Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy dismissed Liverpool's title chances following Sunday's defeat by Manchester City. It is City that looks like the team most likely to challenge Arsenal for the title, with Liverpool now down in eighth place after losing five of its last six league games.

Murphy was asked whether Liverpool's title hopes are over, and he responded: “Not from a points tally, but from a performance level - yes. Slot was asked about Liverpool's title chances following the loss to City, but was not willing to entertain title talk after watching his side lose again Danny Murphy addressed Liverpool's struggles (Image: BBC) "Yes, it feels too many [losses] and the last thing I should speak about now is the title race," Slot said.

The rest is quite close and I said last season many times, even when we were leading in the beginning, the best way to judge the league table is of course after 38 [games] but the next best thing is to judge it after 19 games because then you’ve all faced the same opponents. "And our first focus should be on getting results and the last thing we should focus on is the title race, which is something we could do last season but also not the previous two seasons before.