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Arne Slot appears at a loss to halt the champions' alarming slide and worse could be on the horizon with the in-form Aston Villa and City to come before next month's international break.

“It’s tragically relevant, I think, in a time like this, where we thought the masses were aware of how the powers that be use fear and division for their own profit. It’s alarming,” he said.

But most alarming for Liverpool fans is Slot's admission that he has no answers to the pressure being applied to his crumbling defence by opponents' direct tactics.

More alarming was their response to conceding two goals within 15 minutes.

Germany is suffering an "alarming" increase in hard drug use, authorities warned Friday, with narcotics more accessible as production in Europe is on the rise.