Robbie Fowler makes feelings clear on Liverpool 'blip' with blunt response - 'Really strange'

Robbie Fowler is bemused by what he clearly views as an over-the-top reaction to Liverpool's stuttering form prior to the international break.

The Reds won their opening six games in a row across the Premier League and Champions League, but those wins were then followed by three successive defeats, against Crystal Palace, Galatasaray and Chelsea.

The loss to Chelsea allowed Arsenal to take top spot in the standings, but considering the season is still in its early stages, Fowler is not concerned.

“It’s crazy because we’re talking about a blip this early in the season, you know, and I do find it like sort of really strange and quite mad, really,” Fowler said on The Added Time podcast.

“I mean, Liverpool are sitting okay. Okay. They haven’t been brilliant, but it’s not all doom and gloom, is it?”

Disregarding the Community Shield, Arne Slot's team had won its opening six games of the campaign, but were rarely convincing across that run of victories.

Slot addressed the difficulties Liverpool has faced since the start of the season in a press conference following the loss to Chelsea.

"I think you are never close to your ideal," he said after being asked how close he is to building a team in his "ideal image."

He added: "You have to work really hard to reach a certain level and then it's very hard in football because you also play against very good teams to keep that level going and what I mean with that is consistency.

"But it is clear we had our changes in the summer, players came in in different moments. Last week there's hardly been any training time and still we need to try to bring these players in.

"If the result would have been better today with a draw or a win – which was both possible, I don't say we deserved it, a draw we definitely deserved – then we would have had a great start to the season if you take into account everything what happened in the summer at Liverpool."

Liverpool has the perfect opportunity to get its season back on track next weekend when fierce rival Manchester United visits Anfield.

The Reds have not lost a home game against United since 2016, and have scored 13 times in the last four meetings between the two teams on Merseyside.

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