Anfield used to be a fortress. In it, Liverpool hadn’t lost 30 Premier League matches in a row before the ill-fated clash with the Yorkshiremen ended on a bitter note. After the match, their star wing-back Trent Alexander-Arnold said that he and his teammates still believe in themselves but have reluctantly admitted that it’s clear “something’s not going right” at the moment.Jurgen Klopp’s men lost against two struggling teams in just a week. After Nottingham Forest, Leeds have also taken three points against the supposed title challengers.Cruel SummervilleThat left the Reds, who have lost four, won four and drawn four league games this term, ninth in the table, eight points outside the Champions League places, leaving Trent disappointed and hurt.”I’d say we all believe in ourselves, the way we play, the squad and what we can achieve. But I think when you do get setbacks, it can potentially make you second-guess yourself and question things. Clearly as a team something’s not going right, it’s not going as well as we want it to go. That’s something for everyone to think about, for everyone to address and make sure we put it right, especially next week against Spurs, top-four rivals. We need to go there and get some points if we’ve got any chance of reaching our aims and aspirations for the season.”##NAJAVA_MECA_6767341##The England right-back, who described what was Liverpool’s first home league defeat since March 2021 as “difficult to take”, added that not everything is wrong because the team is still opening spaces in the final third.”But we’re still creating opportunities to score and win games. We just haven’t been able to take them, especially in the last two Premier League games. I think it’s important for us to regroup, assess what’s going wrong. I think right now, it’s kind of, ‘pick up as many points as you can now going into this break for the World Cup, which starts on 20 November 20. And potentially, this break will come at a decent time for us to reset and be able to get our heads straight to go into the second half of the season.”Liverpool are closer to the relegation zone than the top four 💀 pic.twitter.com/Qu4q8QQ85f— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) October 29, 2022 Klopp emphasised post-match that “you cannot qualify for the Champions League if you play as inconsistently as we do at the moment”. The Liverpool manager also said it was “no secret pretty much everybody on the pitch can play better football”, as well as once again referencing the impact injury issues have had on his team this season.”It’s not now for a main overhaul, these kind of things. You have to fight through, fight for momentum, confidence, security, and that’s what we do.”
