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TROUBLED LIVERPOOL’S MISERABLE season spiralled further into turmoil as PSV Eindhoven swept to a stunning 4-1 win at Anfield in the Champions League last night.
90' Liverpool 1-4 PSV
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) November 26, 2025
A terrible night for Liverpool is complete. Couhaib Driouech makes it four for PSV as the home fans stream out of the exits.
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Arne Slot’s side trailed to Ivan Perisic’s early penalty and Dominik Szoboszlai’s equaliser did nothing to galvanise the Reds.
Second-half goals from Guus Til and Couhaib Driouech, who netted twice, condemned the woeful Premier League champions to a ninth defeat in their last 12 matches in all competitions.
It is Liverpool’s worst run since 1953-54 as pressure mounts on the beleaguered Slot, with jeers from angry fans greeting the final whistle.
Beaten 3-0 by Nottingham Forest at Anfield last weekend, Liverpool have lost three successive games, conceding 10 goals in the process.
The Reds, losers in six of their last seven Premier League matches, were expected to dominate on all fronts this term after following last season’s title triumph with a summer spending spree.
But Liverpool head to West Ham on Sunday languishing in 12th place in the Premier League – the first time in more than a decade they have been in the bottom half of the table.
With their title hopes in tatters, Liverpool can’t be certain of reaching the Champions League last 16 either after a second defeat in five games in the tournament.
It was their first home defeat in the opening phase of the Champions League in five years.
The Reds are in 13th place in the league phase, with the top eight automatically qualifying for the last 16.
Slot admitted on Tuesday that he feels “guilty” over Liverpool’s “ridiculous” slump.
But the Dutchman appears to have no answers to Liverpool’s crisis and the sight of empty red seats all around the stadium in the closing stages provided a damning verdict on their stunning decline.
Slot left British record signing Alexander Isak on the bench after his latest scoreless outing last weekend.
It made no difference as Liverpool became the first English side to lose at home to PSV since 2008.
Elsewhere, Arsenal thumped Bayern Munich 3-1 in a clash of the English and German league leaders to maintain their perfect record in the Champions League this season.
The Gunners dominated the second half after 17-year-old Lennart Karl pulled the Bundesliga team level, with Noni Madueke restoring Arsenal’s lead and fellow substitute Gabriel Martinelli taking advantage of a huge blunder from goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
Bayern started the match at the Emirates top of the Champions League table, just above the Gunners, with both teams having won four games out of four.
The game took time to come alive, but the Gunners went ahead in the 22nd minute when Jurrien Timber headed home a Bukayo Saka corner, with a flailing Neuer unable to intercept.
The goal underlined Arsenal’s relentless brilliance from set-pieces.
Eberechi Eze, who scored a hat-trick in Sunday’s 4-1 win against Tottenham, had a glorious chance to double the Gunners’ lead but scuffed his shot wide.
Arsenal had looked relatively comfortable, but Bayern were back in the game in the blink of an eye in the 32nd minute, courtesy of a strike from Karl.
Joshua Kimmich played a superb diagonal ball that was laid off first time by former Arsenal player Serge Gnabry, and Karl finished confidently past David Raya.
Arsenal were quickly on the front foot in the second half, with Neuer pushing a fierce Saka shot over the bar.
Karl then surged down the right and into the home side’s penalty box, but his weak shot was easily collected by Raya.
As the intensity built, Arsenal’s Mikel Merino failed to connect properly with another dangerous corner before Neuer saved a Cristhian Mosquera header from point-blank range.
Then it was all Arsenal.
Neuer was called into action again, saving with his legs as Declan Rice bore down on him, with Saka unable to turn in the loose ball.
But the pressure finally paid off with just over 20 minutes to go, when Bayern defender Dayot Upamecano played a loose ball that was picked up by substitute Riccardo Calafiori on the left.
He crossed, and fellow substitute Madueke turned the ball home.
There was worse to come for Bayern when Eze sent a long ball over the top, with Neuer well outside his area.
Martinelli’s first touch took him past the stranded goalkeeper, and he had a free run at goal, maintaining his nerve to slot home.
The delirious Arsenal fans taunted Bayern forward Harry Kane, a former Tottenham player, with a chant of “Harry, Harry, what’s the score”.
Both clubs remain well-placed to finish in the top eight of the 32-team league phase of the Champions League, which guarantees automatic passage to the last 16.
Written by AFP and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won’t find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women’s sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here.
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