Liverpool manager Arne Slot has disclosed that the Reds are not good enough to defend the Premier League title.

He made this known after Liverpool lost 3-0 to Manchester City on Sunday at the Etihad Stadium.

Slot, however, was keen to shift the focus away from silverware as he aims to regroup his battered and bruised squad upon their return from international duty.

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“It feels there’s too many (losses),” Slot told reporters. “And the last thing I should speak about now is the title race. We should first focus on getting results – result after result after result – before we can even think about that. The reality is that we are eighth.

“I said last season, many times, the best way to judge the league table is, of course, after 38 (games), but the next best thing to judge it is after 19 games (the season’s halfway point), because then you all faced the same opponents.

“And the last thing we should focus on is on the title race. We need to improve. And that’s obvious.”