The big decision that Arne Slot needs to make to save his Liverpool job

Liverpool are in their worst run of form in 71 years and the vultures are circling as Arne Slot fights to save his job.

While the Dutch manager reportedly has been given time to turn things around, another few losses could force the owners to make a big decision.

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How can Arne Slot turn Liverpool’s form around?
There’s still time, just. Slot has credit in the bank for last season’s league win and the Reds are still only five points behind Chelsea in second despite their horrendous form. But the longer this run goes on, the louder the noise around his future will get.

Sir Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola are the only managers to have retained the Premier League title, so if Liverpool can stop the rot and have a good run in the Champions League, the season wouldn’t be seen as a complete disaster.

However, Liverpool can also count themselves lucky to not be further down the table after relying on late, late goals from the likes of then 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha for some of their early season wins.

The Reds have lost nine of their last 12 games and have been outplayed and outfought in the majority of them.

Nobody at Anfield seems to know why they are playing so badly.

Liverpool’s only first-team Scouser, Curtis Jones was blunt in his assessment of their form after yet another big loss to PSV on Wednesday.

‘I don’t have the answers. Honestly, I don’t. It’s just unacceptable,’ he said. ‘We’re going to try and get this team back to where it needs to be, show everyone again what this club is about and why people call it the best team in the world, but right now, we’re in the s***, and it needs to change.’