When was the last time Liverpool lost two consecutive games at Anfield?

The wheels have come off for Liverpool just at the decisive point of the season in with Jürgen Klopp’s chances of adding silverware to his collection fading fast.

In the space of a fortnight, Jürgen Klopp’s last hurrah at Liverpool is on the brink of fizzing out altogether. Between the FA Cup quarter final against Manchester United little over a month ago, and this afternoon’s visit from Crystal Palace, Klopp’s team, who won the EFL Cup earlier this year, remained alive and kicking in three competitions. While no one expected the Reds to win all three, you’d expect them to still be in with a shot of at least one.

Being dumped out of the FA Cup at the Last 8 was an opportunity missed - so near, yet so far. That has since been compounded by other slack performances which have seen the wheels come off in the Europa League and Premier League.

Out of the 13 matchdays since the 4-2 victory over Newcastle on New Year’s Day, Liverpool had topped the table on all but three. Today’s home defeat to Palace leaves the team in third, two points behind City, behind Arsenal on goal difference nervously waiting to see how the Gunners get on against Villa. The title race could still of course spring a few twists and turns between now and May, but that is no longer in Liverpool’s hands. The Europa League dream could also soon fade into the ether as Klopp’s men must now turn around last week’s 0-3 hammer blow defeat to Atalanta.

It’s not very often that Liverpool lose two games on the bounce at Anfield. In the Paisley era, visiting teams knew even before they were off the team bus that they would be lucky to even score let alone win. It’s true that City have actually conceded (one) more - but too many times Liverpool have ended up conceded