Arne Slot told he has 'until Christmas' to turn Liverpool's season around

Arne Slot has been told that he has until Christmas to arrest Liverpool's alarming slump in form, with the Reds' season in danger of falling apart in October.

Liverpool began the campaign well from a results perspective, winning seven games in a row across August and September, but those wins papered over the cracks in many respects. Liverpool required late goals to win most of those games, after delivering a series of performances which were far from convincing.

The Reds suffered their first loss of the campaign against Crystal Palace at the end of September, and that defeat at Selhurst Park triggered a nosedive in form.

Losses to Galatasaray, Chelsea, Manchester United, Brentford and Palace again all followed, with the only win in a seven-game period coming against Frankfurt in the Champions League.

Former Liverpool player Joe Cole expects Slot to be given time to solve the team's problems, and is backing him to do exactly that.

Cole told Paddy Power: "Liverpool has a tradition of holding on to their managers, they always have, you know, they're primarily a football club and not a business, which is what I love about Liverpool.

"They do things right, so I think Arne Slot will get at least till Christmas. And I think he'll turn it around. He'll consolidate, there'll be players coming back from injuries."

Liverpool has not kept a clean sheet since September 14, and has only managed two in 15 games across the course of the season.

Two of the team's first-choice back four have changed since last season, with Trent Alexander-Arnold no longer at the club, and Andy Robertson replaced by new signing Milos Kerkez in Slot's preferred starting XI.

Cole has called on Slot to restore Robertson to the side, despite questions over his form last season, in a bid to shore up the Reds' leaky defense.

“If I'm Arne Slot, I'd go Andy Robertson in at left-back," Cole said, as he suggested changes to Liverpool's back four.

"Conor Bradley at right back, Virgil Van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate, and I'd say ‘listen, I'm not changing you’.

"I'd say to Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez ‘just relax, you're coming into Liverpool Football Club, it's not going well.’

"And I would try and get that base of the team sorted and go from there.”

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