'We crumbled' - another loss, another unwanted record for leaky Liverpool

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Just like Anfield had emptied out last Saturday before full-time against Chelsea, plenty inside the away end at Villa Park had seen enough and were out long before referee Chris Kavanagh put Liverpool out of their misery.Dominik Szoboszlai, Liverpool's player of the season, apologised to the remaining travelling supporters after his mistake and now there is only one game to go before Liverpool can put an end to a forgettable campaign.Manager Arne Slot spoke before the game about having nine players missing but that is no excuse for yet another feeble performance from his team.As Jamie Carragher said pre-match on Sky Sports: "They [Liverpool] are very poor in possession and very poor out of possession."Slot says Liverpool only need a little bit of transition this summer and that he has every reason to believe he will be the manager next season, but his side are a mess.This 4-2 defeat against Aston Villa was their 19th defeat of the season across all competitions. Their record away from home against the rest of the top nine is played eight, lost seven, drawn one."I can understand at this moment in time they [the fans] don't have confidence or a lot of feeling that things can be much better next season but I think they are underestimating what a transfer window can do, what a new start can do," Slot said after.Regardless of the injury crisis, Liverpool have had a full week to prepare for each of their past three games against Manchester United, Chelsea and Villa and still delivered three poor performances.At Old Trafford, United gifted them a way back into the game which Liverpool still lost and, against Chelsea, Slot's men failed to beat a side that had lost their previous six Premier League matches.

"We were fully in the game, fully able maybe to get a result but I agree that after it went 2-1 we crumbled.""They're disjointed at the back and I feel like there's a lot of space for me to run into. Either way, it is hard to see how Slot wins back the fanbase from here."There are mitigating circumstances from before the season," former Reds midfielder Jamie Redknapp said on Sky Sports."You can't address problems when his best players aren't fit - but a lot of this is on him [Slot] and if they don't get Champions League football he is going to be under pressure and there will be question marks."They're an educated fanbase, they don't really turn on their managers - but you see it, you hear it, a lot of people are maybe going away from wanting him as the manager next year."I really struggle with that because when you've won the league the year before and decide you want to get rid of the manager the following year - that doesn't sit well with me.

I think he deserves another year after winning the Premier League title. But I expect better next year."