Three matches doesn't make a season, but if you were assessing Liverpool after 270 minutes of Premier League football, the report would not make comfortable reading.
The optimism that engulfed supporters after the Reds' 3-1 Community Shield victory has evaporated inside three weeks as Jurgen Klopp's injury-ravaged team struggles to get their new campaign up and running.
Unexpected draws against newly-promoted Fulham and a home tie with Crystal Palace fell short of expectation, but an abject 2-1 defeat to a Manchester United side who didn't have a solitary point before the crunch fixture as left the Merseyside club winless and with only two points from a possible nine on their opening three matches.