On August 22, the last game of the second round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season, Liverpool faced Crystal Palace at home.
Crystal Palace spent just $32 million this summer window.
A sum of 8 million was spent to bring in center back Riedewald from Ajax.
It cost 24 million to buy Sakho from Liverpool, who could not make Klopp's squad.
Then after loaning goalkeeper Mensah and midfielder Loftus-Cheek from Manchester United and Chelsea, the season's signings were completely ended.
The English media has always used the club's actions in the transfer market to speculate on the club's goals this season.
Crystal Palace's goal is very clear, which is to continue to avoid relegation, stop dreaming about other things, and maintain the healthy operation of the club.
In the first round of the new season, Crystal Palace faced newly promoted Huddersfield and was directly handed three goals. It can be said to be a disastrous defeat.
Facing such a team, all media and fans believed that Liverpool could definitely win easily.
But the result was beyond everyone's expectations, making countless people clearly realize how sluggish the Red Army's state has been this season.
Just one minute into the game, Liverpool, who had not yet fully entered the state, were intercepted by Shuijin Palace winger Van Aanholt on the wing, and then passed along the wing. Benteke directly passed the ball to him in the penalty area.
He scored the goal of Liverpool and set the record for the fastest goal of the season.
Benteke's goal against his old club also set the tone for this game that Liverpool could not win at home.
In the 15th minute of the game, Mo Yang saw that the Crystal Palace formation was a bit heavy in the backcourt and directly passed the long ball to Salah.
But this guy didn't seem to wake up. He didn't react at all. He didn't even run. He stood there and watched the ball being cleared by the Crystal Palace defender.
The fans at the scene witnessed this extremely rare scene and collectively booed.
They can no longer endure such a sluggish state of the team.
Now it's better. Once Liverpool was booed, it was a complete tragedy. Even Mo Yang was affected to some extent and made a rare passing error.
This scene left Klopp extremely speechless on the sidelines.
In the second half, Liverpool's condition recovered somewhat, and Mo Yang once again sent a wonderful assist in the 75th minute of the game.
This time he went directly to Ibrahimovic. Facts have proved that God is always reliable!
Relying on his excellent confrontation ability, Ibrahimovic directly leaned on Crystal Palace center back Dahn. With his embroidered feet, he directly picked up the ball, and then volleyed sideways and hit the goal.
The goal was extremely beautiful, a typical Ibrahimovic goal, which helped Liverpool regain the score.
But just when everyone thought the game would end with a score of 1-1, Liverpool made trouble again.
The one who got into trouble this time was captain Henderson.
In the last minute of injury time, perhaps due to the influence of the end of the game, Henderson began to feel a little unfocused.
He didn't pay attention to Crystal Palace's new midfielder Loftus-Cheek, who approached from the left blind spot, and the ball was snatched away from his feet.
After Chik got the ball, he directly organized a counterattack in the frontcourt and handed the ball to Benteke again.
Benteke took the ball at the top of the arc and acted as a fulcrum. After Crystal Palace right forward Townsend rushed into the penalty area, he directly picked the ball in front of Townsend.
If Van Dijk is on the court, this kind of ball has no threat and will most likely be cleared by him.
Unfortunately, Van Dijk was replaced by Klavan in the 80th minute of the game due to a sprained ankle.
Although Klavan was in the penalty area, as the game time was approaching the end, the guy's attention was a little distracted and he started slowly, allowing Townsend to get ahead.
Helpless, Klavan had no choice but to take action and secretly brought Townsend down.
However, the referee saw his little move and awarded Crystal Palace a winning penalty.
Benteke took the penalty himself and hit the target again, scoring twice.
Liverpool was defeated by Crystal Palace in the countdown period.
After the game, Mo Yang returned to the locker room without saying anything. After washing, he ignored no one and went home, clearly showing his dissatisfaction.
Klopp was even more outrageous. He didn't even attend the post-match press conference and went home directly, leaving all the work to Peter.
"Poor Liverpool, the sluggish forward line is the main culprit for Liverpool's loss of two consecutive championships this season, and one draw and one loss in the league!" - The Times
"What happened to Chelsea and Liverpool? Why are the two giants teams that were so strong last season in such a sluggish state this season?" - The Guardian.
The Guardian's report has Chelsea and Liverpool fans thinking.
In the first round of the league this season, Chelsea was beaten 3-2 by Wolves, who were almost relegated last season. They were almost suppressed throughout the game, which was even more abnormal than Liverpool, as if they were cursed.
"Perhaps Liverpool has encountered a mysterious virus. This virus is spreading secretly in the Liverpool team. It has begun to affect the players in Liverpool's midfield and defense. Yang's state in this game is not outstanding. He appeared twice.
Pass turnover!》——Daily Mail
When the Daily Mail said this, countless fans suddenly thought about it and thought it was really like that.
In the warm-up match, although Liverpool's state was sluggish, it was not as bad as it is now.
At that time, only the forwards were in a sluggish state, but in these two games, it was obvious that the midfield and defense were also affected.
"The poor state of Liverpool and Chelsea is in extremely sharp contrast with the excellent state of Manchester City. Judging from the recent two games, the powerful Manchester City has shown its championship appearance!" - The Sun.
"A team's downturn has always been the life-and-death enemy of every club. A good head coach should have ways to help players adjust their form. Klopp may be thinking of a way!" - Mirror.
"I have a fucking idea!" Klopp, who was working at Melwood, swore when he saw the report the next day.
Klopp felt a little regretful at this time. He had previously underestimated the severity of the team's downturn.
He always thought that Salah and the others just hadn't found the feeling of shooting yet. As long as Mo Yang was allowed to feed slowly, the feeling of scoring goals would come back sooner or later.
But he never expected that the slump during the warm-up match was not a trough at all, nor was it the end, but the beginning of falling into the abyss. It was the starting point.
Now even Mo Yang is affected, which really gives him a headache.
On August 26, they will go to Manchester to play against Manchester City, which has shown extremely terrifying offensive power this season.
After Manchester City went through a large-scale purge and large-scale recruitment in the summer transfer window, it can be said that the powerful power of Jinyuan Football was fully demonstrated in these two rounds of league games.
In two league games, Manchester City scored 10 goals and kept clean sheets against their opponents. This shows that Manchester City has undergone a transformation this season.
Klopp has watched these two games of Manchester City, and he knows very well that the current Manchester City team is the real strength of the bald man.
Nowadays, this Manchester City team has no shortcomings at all and has been completely integrated into Guardiola's passing and controlling system. The Spaniard has begun to show his sharp fangs to the Premier League.
In Klopp's eyes, Guardiola has always been his biggest rival in the Premier League.
The thought of playing against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in such a sluggish state gave Klopp a bit of a toothache.
But the most important thing now is not winning or losing this game, but adjusting the players' mental state as soon as possible.
As for how to adjust the players' condition, Klopp is not without options.
I hope his method will be effective, otherwise the game against Manchester City in a few days will definitely be a disaster. Klopp has already had a vague premonition.