“There are many reasons why we’ve lost six out of seven, none of them are good enough to accept ­losing so many,” said Klopp after Liverpool’s latest loss.

Six losses in their last seven matches, the latest a humiliating 3-0 home defeat to Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup, have left Liverpool on the edge of crisis.

All of this comes after a record-breaking summer of investment at Anfield when the club embarked on the biggest summer spending spree in European football history - parting with £415m to recruit a st...