Liverpool fans have hardly dared look at the Premier League table in 2023, well-aware that it won’t have made for pretty reading after each disappointing defeat.
When beating Leicester City 2-1 at Anfield in their final game of 2022, the Reds were sixth in the table and just two points off the top four. However, heavy losses on the road to Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, and Wolverhampton Wanderers saw them fall as low as 10th as an 11-point gap opened up.
Suffering a miserable January as a result, not aided by Liverpool’s decision not to strengthen their midfield mid-season, their hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League quickly evaporated as Kopites were left facing up to the possibility of missing out on Europe altogether. Yet, while the Reds have been woeful at times and the 2022/23 campaign, coming in the shadow of a nearly delivering unprecedented quadruple, has certainly been one to forget, perhaps their plight wasn’t quite as bad as feared.
