A forthright Andy Robertson says no excuses can be made for their current form as the Reds slumped to a club record fifth straight home defeat in the league.
Mason Mount scored the decisive goal just before half time when he cut inside and produced a sublime finish as the West London continued their momentum under new boss Thomas Tuchel.
in contrast, the reigning champions created precious little, recording just one shot on target (a tame Gini Wijnaldum header) for the full 90 minutes.
For the previous couple of seasons, Liverpool seemed to break records on a seemingly weekly basis.
The football world was in awe of their perseverance and mentality. You did not have to necessarily like Liverpool, but you sure had respect them for their achievements.
Returning to the modern day and we are now seeing a pale imitation of that outstanding outfit.
In truth this is not a great surprise with the amount of long-term absentees and countless players coming in and out of the team meaning there is no continuity.
However on any given match day there is enough World Class talent and Internationals in the squad who have the quality needed to score goals and win games of Football.
Speaking after the match to the BBC(via The Independent), the Left-Back pulled no punches.
“These games are won and lost on fine margins and these goals can’t happen. For us to get beaten on the counter attack is not good enough.
"Five home games without a win, that is nowhere near good enough. Nothing is going to help the fans at home and it is simply not good enough because games are running out for what we want.
Robertson indicated that confidence is low within the squad but says it is no good just feeling sorry for themselves as there is a job to do and games are running out.
“Too many heads are going down when we go 1-0 down, we can’t do that. Football is about taking knocks.
“We can’t rely on the past. Last season is over with, it is done.
We have nowhere near been good enough to what a Liverpool team should be. We are dropping further and it is not good enough.
“Games are running out and we need to put the pressure on the teams below us.
"People will think we are down and out and we need to get the results to show them we are not. At the moment we are not doing that.”
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