Dejan Lovren admitted he is unsure whether Liverpool’s poor start to the season is a temporary dip or a more long-term drop off in quality.
The Reds have endured a lacklustre start to the new campaign, with just two wins in six games leaving them nine points behind Arsenal at the top and eight behind Manchester City and Tottenham. Domestic troubles filtered into the opening week of the Champions League in which Jurgen Klopp’s side were humbled by a 4-1 defeat in Napoli - a performance the Liverpool boss described as the worst in his tenure.
Multiple factors have contributed to a month far below the standards they have set since Klopp’s arrival in 2015, not least an ever-growing list of key injuries, the need for new signings to adapt and the theory that players are still reeling from last season’s mammoth 63-game season. Whatever the reason, however, former Reds defender Lovren - who is in regular contact with Mohamed Salah - admitted he is unsure as to how long it will take to bounce back.
