After suffering a penalty shootout defeat to Crystal Palace in the Community Shield to open their 2025-26 campaign, Liverpool responded emphatically by winning their next seven matches across the Premier League, Champions League and EFL Cup.
However, despite the results, there were warning signs in several of those performances, with late goals often needed to secure victories.
That fragility eventually caught up with the Reds as Crystal Palace handed them their first league defeat of the season on matchday six, triggering a difficult run that saw Liverpool win just three of their next 12 matches in all competitions, alongside nine defeats.
