This was in the "losers" section from this past weekend's matches:
Liverpool
Revolution stalled. Though cold comfort can be taken from the valid argument that Liverpool ought to have won both of their most recent league engagements, it is just as legitimate to retort that, but for the scandal of Martin Atkinson's officially discredited work in the Merseyside derby, Kenny Dalglish's side would have just a single victory - and that at home to Wolves - to boast of since August. Stagnation has set in and, as football folk are fond of observing, standing still is a euphemism for going backwards in the Premier League. Cue Liverpool, after spending five of the last six weeks in fifth spot, losing position to Tottenham this Sunday night. They're only going one way at present.
Still, this is far from a crisis and Kenny Dalglish will undoubtedly survive any such thing. Yet, ahead of next Saturday's trip to West Brom and a reunion with his predecessor, it cannot pass unremarked that their comparative records at the Anfield helm are now almost identical. Hodgson: managed 31, won 13, lost nine. Dalglish: managed 32, won 15, lost nine. And were the Baggies to win next weekend, just a single point would separate the two clubs in the table.
All of an interesting sudden, King Kenny's crown is in acute danger of slipping and Liverpool are close to falling into a slide.
