Liverpool spent £450 million on new signings this summer to cement their position as England's dominant force after winning a 20th league championship last season. But after 12 games of their chaotic title defence, Arne Slot's side are on course to be the Premier League 's worst-ever champions.

Having been heralded as the perfect successor to Jürgen Klopp after gently steering Liverpool into a new era with the minimum of changes last season, Slot is facing a wholly different challenge this season. The 47-year-old is floundering, so much so that his team is only threatening to make history for the wrong reasons.

Mohamed Salah has lost his scoring form, big summer signings Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz -- both of whom cost in excess of £100 million -- have been expensive flops a

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