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Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Ayo Aki-Molle.

After losing 4-0 at the Etihad, Liverpool's season is at risk of unravelling.

With so much uncertainty surrounding the club's hierarchy,

our FSG allowing Liverpool to drift.

All right, in with us for this one.

We've got Simon Hughes and as ever with matters around club structures and hierarchy, we've got Matt Slater as well.

It's O'Reilly, it's Harlan. It's a hatchet.

All right, we'll have to start with what happened on Saturday.

That defeat at the Etihad, Arna Slot said Liverpool lacked fighting spirit

after Manchester City incisively cut through Liverpool.

Sigh, a day to forget, but also, I guess, a season that's slowly becoming a season to forget as well for Liverpool.

Yeah, well, it was something that the players could agree with in terms of

Slot's comments as well because Virgil Van Dyke came out afterwards and said the same thing.

Dominic Zabasai said the same thing.

And that's a real concern.

You know, I always equate this sort of language to the head coach or the manager

isn't inspiring us in the way that we hope for. It was just very strange game because I thought

until Manchester City scored the first goal, Liverpool were working towards a plan, which

said to me, you know, that Slot is still thinking about things.

He's coming up with ideas and to some degree it worked.

But as soon as Manchester City scored, Liverpool capitulated and it was a surrender of the worst kind, I would say.

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