In July, Jurgen Klopp promised Liverpool would take no prisoners in their bid to retain the Premier League title they had just won after 30 years of waiting.
'We will not defend the title next season; we'll attack the next one,' the German said within a week of becoming champions.
Six months on and Klopp's grip on the Premier League trophy is slipping without a whimper. Liverpool have gone three league games without a goal and four without a win.
There is no creativity, no end product and, perhaps most worrying, seems to be no energy in Klopp's team.