Liverpool's Post-PSG Collapse Vindicates Slot Sacking Speculation

Liverpool's Premier League title triumph last season now feels like a distant memory, overshadowed by a form collapse that has raised serious questions about Arne Slot's future at Anfield.

The rot set in on March 11, 2025, when the Reds fell to PSG in the Champions League, a defeat swiftly followed by a no-show at the Carabao Cup final. What followed was a limp conclusion to their domestic campaign: just four wins from nine remaining league matches, those victories coming against Everton (13th), West Ham (14th), Spurs (17th), and Leicester (18th). A late-season winless streak marred what should have been a triumphant finish after they had already sealed the title with a 5-1 demolition of Tottenham.

The concerning part? That trajectory has barely improved in the 2025/26 season. Despite a record-breaking summer transfer window, Liverpool currently occupy fifth place in the Premier League table—clinging to Champions League qualification by their fingernails.

The numbers since that March defeat to PSG tell a grim story. Liverpool have accumulated fewer points than Brentford over that entire stretch. More embarrassingly still, they've matched Manchester United's haul from the same period, despite the Old Trafford side having benefited from Ruben Amorim's managerial appointment for much of that timeframe.

Defensively, they've been equally woeful. Liverpool have shipped as many goals as a Nottingham Forest side battling relegation, while also losing more matches than Bournemouth. For a team that won the Premier League just twelve months ago, these statistics represent a spectacular unravelling.

Slot's position now appears precarious, with Xabi Alonso reportedly standing ready to step into the breach. The Liverpool boss has previously attempted to reframe the PSG setback as something of a blessing in disguise, suggesting that the European competition sharpened their league form. "Maybe the reason we won the league last season is because we played Paris Saint-Germain," Slot said. "We had a week to prepare for league games."

That argument rather falls apart when examined against their actual late-season record—particularly those defeats away at Fulham and Brighton, which hardly suggest a team energised by European exertions.

This week brings a reunion with PSG in the Champions League quarter-finals. The contrast between Liverpool's current standing and the team that won the Premier League could hardly be starker, with their trajectory over the past thirteen months offering little comfort to their supporters.

Arsenal's lead over Manchester City on this particular table remains surprisingly slender, a dynamic partly explained by the Gunners' customary April wobbles.