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After starting a season with seven consecutive wins in the Premier League and Champions League, Liverpool struggled in the last three games and failed to win any of those.
The Reds were knocked out by Chelsea in the EFL cup third round and were also held to a draw by the Blues in the Premier League. Arguably their worst performance of the season came against Napoli in the Champions League where the Reds failed to hit the target even once.
Liverpool will face Manchester City in their next Premier League fixture and they need to get back to their best if they want to get something out of the game against the defending champions.
The sudden drop in the Reds form is frustrating for the fans and here are three reasons why Liverpool failed to win any of their last three games.
#3 Tiredness
The Merseysiders started the season strong and full of energy by winning all of their opening seven matches in all competitions. The Reds are one of the only three unbeaten teams in the Premier League this season alongside Manchester City and Chelsea.
However, a brutal run of fixtures against real top quality opponents really soaked up the Reds' energy which is vastly affecting their performances. They played two games with Chelsea, and one each with Paris St. Germain, Napoli, Southampton, and Tottenham, all in less than 20 days which proved way too much for Jurgen Klopp's side to handle.
Things are getting more difficult for the Reds as they will be hosting the defending champions, Manchester City for a Premier League fixture this weekend before going into an international break.
#2 Lack of creativity in midfield
Liverpool's midfield got a lot of applause from the pundits and fans during the first few games of the season. However, their form declined quickly and they started looking directionless all of a sudden.
The Reds' midfield is more about hard work than intelligence, improvisation, and incision, which costs them against the teams who are defensively well organized. Liverpool failed to register a single shot on target in their Champions League game against Napoli which shows how ineffective Liverpool's midfield is recently.
Liverpool sold Phillipe Coutinho to Barcelona in the January transfer window of 2018 which left a huge creative hole to fill in the team. Nevertheless, Naby Keita arrived from RB Leipzig in the summer but the Guinean is yet to make his influence felt on the team.
#1 Misfiring front-three
The Reds' front three, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, and Sadio Mane, were among the most frightening attackers in Europe last season. They scored 91 goals between them last season and were dismantling their opponent's defence with ease.
This season, however, they are struggling to match their form of last season and scored just nine goals between them in ten games. Mo Salah isn’t scoring enough, Bobby Firmino lost his touch and Sadio Mane is sloppy with his decision making.
Liverpool's recent winless form is mostly down to the poor performances of the front three and none of them scored or created a goal in the last three games.
Jurgen Klopp's men will face the defending champions, Manchester City this weekend and the front three won't get a bigger game than this to get back to their best.
