Liverpool praying for a golden sky after seven months of storms

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It took less than 24 hours for everything to change and set in motion an astonishing seven‑month period in the history of a club where it was probably thought they had seen and done it all.Chaos, fear, tragedy, excitement, joy, despair, farce, fallout and setback after setback – it’s been there in one form or other for Liverpool since the Palace game, starting on the afternoon of Monday 26 May with a trophy parade that drew thousands of people to a 10-mile route through the city. He missed out last time because of injury, I missed out because Scotland didn’t qualify, and we always discussed what it would be like.”Immense grief does not pass, certainly not quickly, and as Robertson’s words in November highlight it is still very much there for Liverpool’s players, affecting their minds and, consequently no doubt, their performances, which, to be frank, have been dreadful this season.

It was Liverpool’s worst run since 1953-54 and felt especially remarkable given a start to the campaign that had brought seven successive wins, albeit the signs were there then that not all was right.Diogo Jota lifts the Premier League at a jubilant Anfield on the final day of last season. Yes, that also happened.“Liverpool’s 2025-26 season has been chaotic,” says the freelance football writer and lifelong supporter Andrew Beasley.

So much has been invested in the new-look Liverpool, Slot needs time to mould it.”That is reasonable, albeit Slot has hardly helped with some of his tactics, team selections and general handling of the squad. For Slot as much as anyone this has been the most trying of times, stretching his remit of “head coach” to the limit, and as he moves through the festive period into the new year the one thing the Dutchman may desire more than anything is a return to the peace of old.In that regard it helps that Liverpool’s next game is at home against Wolves.