Jan Molby: Liverpool Form, Tough Questions and What Comes Next

The Liverpool Problems We Can No Longer Ignore

I came back from the international break hoping the reset would help Liverpool. Instead, I returned to the same uneasy feeling I have had for months. Something does not look right. Something does not feel right. And when you have been around football for as long as I have, you trust that instinct more than anything.

Before I get into Liverpool, I want to nod to the international break itself. It was good to see Ireland smiling again and Scotland delivering the sort of drama you rarely see at that level. Their goals were outrageous. Andy Robertson spoke so movingly about Diogo Jota and what qualifying meant to them that it hit everyone watching. These are the moments football should give you. Denmark did not deliver ours. We collapsed from a strong position and now face a tough play off path, including the possibility of a mad night in Dublin. I am not confident. I wish I was.

Liverpool’s reset that never came

The last time I spoke before the City match, I said we had to start believing after the Real Madrid and Aston Villa results. You cannot wait forever. You either trust what you are watching or you give up on the idea that a corner will ever turn.

Then came City, and it was shambolic. It was a complete no show. Inside five minutes I knew we were in trouble. There was no hunger for second balls. No spark. Nothing recognisable about us. When you cannot work out what your own team is trying to do, that is a serious problem.