The Reds' season hit a new low on Saturday when Merseyside neighbours Everton won 2-0 at Anfield to hand Klopp's men their first derby loss in over a decade.
Hopes of retaining last season's league title were already in tatters but the latest defeat - Liverpool's sixth in the last 11 league games - has now left even their hopes of finishing in the top four and qualifying for the Champions League in doubt.
Last season's utter domination of the Premier League, when Liverpool won 26 and drew one of their first 27 matches before winning the title with seven games to spare and by 18 points, is but a distant memory and claims back then this Reds side were set for a period of sustained success are being seized upon by their rivals.
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