Pepe Reina finally had his record broken last night, being beaten by a wonder strike from Mathieu Valbuena as The Reds crashed to their first defeat of the season, against Marseille.
After early season promise, Liverpool have failed to put in an inspired performance for some time, apart from Fernando Torres’ glorious hat-trick at Reading in the Carling Cup.
For a campaign that promised much, the indication is that there’s still some work to be done at Anfield.
Reina had very few positives to take out of last night’s performance.
The Spaniard told Liverpoolfc.tv: "To lose at home is always difficult, especially for us because we're used to winning every game here. We have to sort it out.
"Everything went wrong. It was disappointing because we never play like this. We were late and almost always behind the ball.
"Last year we were brilliant in the Champions League but started the Premier League poorly. Today it looks like it's the other way round.
"I don't know if we are more focused on the league but we need to learn from these mistakes. We have to talk about it today, analyse and stay calm.
"There is pressure but there's pressure on any game – there's always pressure to win when you wear a Liverpool shirt.
"We have two tough games against Besiktas now and then we host Porto – we have to make sure we do better.
"Now we must think about Tottenham on Sunday. We need three points because we're at home and we will still be confident."
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