Rare are the moments when Jurgen Klopp delves for a description and plumps for 'shambles' but, on this occasion, he had no choice.
The opening weeks of this unique season have presented Liverpool's manager with an increasing number of conundrums and problems but, last week in Naples, it all went pop and a ruinous 4-1 defeat led to some contemplation.
Liverpool were in the Champions League final at the end of May but, as the first European home game of the season arrives, all Klopp wants to go back to is basics. It is almost as if the players have forgotten how to do the things that have brought them success.