Liverpool manager Arne Slot has a daunting task ahead of him as talks emerge of Jurgen Klopp making a comeback at Anfield. Liverpool have lost four in a row for the first time since 2014.
Brendan Rodgers holds the dubious distinction of being the last Pool manager to lose four in a row. Back then in 2014, his side suffered losses to Newcastle, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Crystal Palace. All within a span of three weeks.
Dutchman Slot has now tied this record as they now head to Germany for a Champions League tie against Frankfurt.
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Arne Slot under pressure to avoid new low
Arne Slot is under pressure to get things back on track at Anfield (Credits: Imago Images)
Eintracht Frankfurt is the next task at hand for Slot’s men. Summer signing Hugo Ekitike will hope for a better reunion with his old mates than extending their current run. The lone bright spot in attack, the Frenchman will try to change the tide come Wednesday.
However a new low awaits the Reds if they lose their next game. Defeat to the Bundesliga side would make it five in a row. The first time since September 1953 that Anfield will face such a torrid run.
Under the spell, Liverpool have seen their once five-point lead being totally wiped off. They now lie fourth on the table on 15 points. A point behind both Manchester City and Bournemouth. Arsenal currently lead the table with 19 points in their kitty.
Jurgen Klopp return a possibility
With the wounds of defeat to Manchester United still afresh, talks of a comeback has swirled around town. Mercurial manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed in a fresh interview that a return to Anfield is ‘theoretically possible’.
The German left Liverpool in 2024 after nine successful years at the club. Currently the head of global soccer at Red Bull, he said a return is not impossible.
“I said I will never coach another team, a different team, in England. So that means if then it’s Liverpool…yeah.”, Klopp told the Diary of a CEO podcast.
“So yeah, theoretically it’s possible.”
Although he did outline the things he did not miss, “I love what I do right now, I don’t miss coaching. I don’t. I mean I do coach, just different, not players. And I don’t miss it. I don’t miss standing in the rain two-and-a-half, three hours. I don’t miss going to press conference three times a week, having 10-12 interviews a week. I don’t miss that.”
“I don’t miss being in the dressing room in the sense that I don’t have it often enough, I coached 1,080 something games. So, I was in the dressing room very, very often.”, highlighting the rigours of the job.
