Arne Slot retains the backing of the Liverpool hierarchy despite knowing he is under pressure to turn around their wretched run of form.
The Premier League champions have lost nine of their last 12 fixtures, with the last two defeats – 3-0 to Nottingham Forest and 4-1 to PSV Eindhoven, both at home – turning many fans against Slot.
Anfield was full of empty seats at full-time in defeat to the Dutch league leaders and boos were heard from those remaining. It continued the most bruising week of Slot’s career as PSV fans, rivals of his old employers Feyenoord, mocked him from the away end.