Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones delivered an impassioned review of his boyhood club’s current run of woeful form, capturing the mood of many by lamenting, “We’re in the s—.”
Jones played the full 90 minutes of Wednesday’s 4–1 defeat to PSV Eindhoven, unable to control the torrent of blue shirts streaming on either side of him throughout a chastening evening. PSV’s stroll at Anfield was hardly a new development.
This European setback represented Liverpool’s ninth defeat in 12 games, the club’s worst run of form since the days of Winston Churchill’s reign as U.K. prime minister. Arne Slot couldn’t offer any convincing explanations for his team’s dramatic slide. Jones didn’t even try.
“I don’t have the answers,” he sighed to . “Honestly, I don’t. I’m saying that to everybody. It’s just unacceptable. I don’t even have to wait to think about it. I’m past being angry inside. I’m at the point now where I just don’t have the words.
“It’s hard because I’m playing for the team I support. I’m a fan, and I’ve seen this club all my life. In a long, long time, I haven’t experienced a Liverpool team going through a period like this with results like these.
“But at the end of the day, we still have that badge on our chest. And until that badge is gone, we’re always going to fight. We’re going to try and get this team back to where it needs to be, show everyone again what this club is about and why people call it the best team in the world. But right now, we’re in the s— and it needs to change.”
