The clouds of dread and despair that swirled so long around Manchester United have engulfed the once-smiling face of Arne Slot. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
In the Premier League crisis can neither be created nor destroyed, only transferred from one club to another. Ruben Amorim finally got his first back-to-back league wins as United manager and one-time global whipping boy Harry Maguire enjoyed a moment of glory that United fans will revel in for decades to come, and the clouds of dread and despair that swirled so long around United have engulfed the once-smiling face of Arne Slot.
Liverpool’s manager finds himself facing the kind of radical decisions that until now he’s been happy to avoid.
It was the first time in 11 years that Liverpool had lost four in a row: needless to say, it never happened under Jürgen Klopp. The last Liverpool team to achieve that anti-feat included players such as Mario Balotelli, Javier Manquillo, Fabio Borini and Ricky Lambert. The current four-in-a-row side includes the three most expensive players from the 2025 summer transfer window.
So this is a curious situation.
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