There's one big reason for Liverpool's drop in form that nobody is talking enough about - opinion
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Liverpool’s Premier League title defence has quickly unravelled this season as the Reds find themselves eight points off the pace.Five defeats in their previous six league matches has brought an early end to any notion that Arne Slot’s team can challenge Manchester City and Arsenal once again.The reasons for Liverpool going from imperious champions to blunderous nobodies have been pored over in the press, and likely in the Anfield changing room as well.Join our newsletter for news & smart analysis. When Alisson Becker last played for Liverpool, they had played six and won five Premier League matches.
His absence has no doubt led to more than one of the subsequent defeats.Photo by YAGIZ GURTUG/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty ImagesAlisson Becker would have saved Liverpool pointsPrior to his injury, Alisson had started the season in terrific form. Even during his last Premier League appearance – away at Crystal Palace – he was comfortably Liverpool’s best player.Since he picked up a hamstring injury at the end of September, Giorgi Mamardashvili has come in and done a decent job for Slot.READ MORE: Liverpool’s season saviour is going to announce himself very soon, he’s barely played so farStepping into his shoes, though, the Georgian is held to the same standard as Alisson and has clearly not quite hit the heights of the Brazilian.While that is understandable and should not be held against Mamardashvili, it should not be controversial to say that Alisson would have saved Liverpool a handful of points over the course of the last five matches.
He would have helped massively.Alisson closing in on returnWhen Liverpool signed Mamardashvili in 2024, they did so under the assumption that he would see plenty of game time when he eventually joined.After Alisson picked up his customary hamstring injury, that assumption was duly proven correct.Mamardashvili will be a top goalkeeper for Liverpool, there’s already been enough evidence of that. Should Alisson Becker come straight back into the Liverpool XI?