Alan Shearer says Liverpool title race is ‘done’ as ‘they’re all over the place’

Alan Shearer believes Liverpool’s Premier League title race is over and says unless they improve they will be “dumped out of whatever competitions they’re in”.

Arne Slot’s out-of-sorts defending champions slipped to their fifth league defeat of the season on Sunday at Manchester City and currently sit eighth in the table, eight points behind leaders Arsenal.

“I think they would have to probably win every single game between now and the end of the season. I don’t think that’s possible. So, I think their title race is done,” Shearer told Betfair.

Liverpool spent a record £415million in the summer after last season’s title success, twice breaking the British transfer record to sign Florian Wirtz – for £100m rising to a possible £116m – and Alexander Isak – £130m with add-ons.

But Shearer believes Slot has “got problems”, saying: “They’re trying to shoehorn Florian Wirtz into a left-hand sided position. Mo Salah’s nowhere near what he was last season or what he’s been like. Defensively, they’re all over the place, so they’ve got problems.

“I don’t know whether (Salah) feels because of the money that has been spent on Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak that he’s not the number one player anymore.

“There’s definitely something that’s not right, whether that’s the old age thing getting to him and not being as good as he was, or whether he’s got a bee in his bonnet about something. But we’re definitely not seeing the same Mo Salah as what we’ve seen. You could say that about most Liverpool players actually.”

:: Shearer was speaking as a Betfair ambassador: https://www.betfair.com/betting/football/s-1