The numbers behind Liverpool’s drop-off this season

Liverpool’s Premier League season is being defined by a frustrating gap between how we want to play and what the numbers keep saying about us.

The 3-2 defeat at Bournemouth simply put a sharper frame around problems that have been building for months.

BBC Sport journalist Melissa Edwards summed up the mood in a way that fits the wider picture, asking: “With only four personnel changes… where have 2024-25 Liverpool gone?”

That question matters because our league position does not flatter us right now...