Jurgen Klopp is now facing the consequences of 'running his players into the ground in pre-season,' according to Dutch fitness coach Raymond Verheijen.
Liverpool were deservedly beaten 2-0 on aggregate by Southampton in the EFL Cup semi-final, four days after the side surprisingly lost 3-2 to Swansea at Anfield.
The Merseyside club are 10 points adrift of Premier League leaders Chelsea, and Verheijen - who claimed last July that Klopp's methods 'destroy' his players - has reopened an old wound on Twitter.
'Liverpool is not even playing in Europe,' he tweeted.