It was not a day for Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool to remember as the Premier League champions were thrashed 7-2 by Aston Villa away from home.
It was a staggering performance by the Reds, who looked really off-colour from the opening five minutes.
Simply put, everything went wrong for us and Villa capitalised. A few errors at the back and some heavily deflected shots all went against us.
These aren’t excuses, but will hopefully help us remember that this is a freak result and we’ll be able to put it right after the international break.
It was harrowing to go through, though – the final whistle was a thing of mercy – and loads of Liverpool fans and journalists have been responding on social media.
Take a look at some select tweets below, with The Athletic’s James Pearce leading the way by saying we should “null and void it” after the humbling result.
Null and void it
— James Pearce (@JamesPearceLFC) October 4, 2020
Adrian ffs. He's just simply not good enough. #LFC
— TheKop.com (@TheKop_com) October 4, 2020
We’re lucky it wasn’t more than 7-2. Credit to Aston Villa, what a performance.
You win some, you lose some.
Liverpool deserve every bit of criticism we get. Not good enough⚽️🔴. #LFC.— Shaun Young (@ShaunYoung_1) October 4, 2020
Humiliating scoreline, but absolutely pathetic mentality shown by the boys, barely trying to get back in this one. Hopefully Klopp uses this as a major wake up call that they wouldn’t just walk the league again, but lots of work to do to fix that defence. Bring on the derby. #LFC
— NC Dubé (@NatashaDube) October 4, 2020
Not happened in a long time, but I’m embarrassed to be a red tonight. That was a disgrace. Not interested in a narrative, champions should not lose 7-2 to a team that only just managed to stay up the season before. No excuses. Pathetic. #LFC
— Chris Searle (@SearlyC82) October 4, 2020
It seemed like Villa had 15 players on the pitch.. #AVLLIV #LFC pathetic defending.. shambolic performance never to be repeated!
— Paul Kelly (@Nobbyfolk) October 4, 2020
https://twitter.com/Madscouser72/status/1312849424373211143
Embarrassing. I'm glad there's no away fans tonight because no one would deserve to pay to see that shambles. Hopefully Klopp will read the riot act behind the scenes. #LFC
— Cahal Boyd #JFT97 (@cahalboyd) October 4, 2020
Hope Klopp comes out and says exactly what they were tonight which was a disgrace. Some worse than others but on a whole the team was a shambles 🤬🤬🤬 #LFC
— Luke Hughes (@hughesyLFC) October 4, 2020