Reeling from what Rafa Benitez admitted what was the worst performance of his tenure, Liverpool are now facing up to a run of fixtures that will inevitably be billed as a 'make-or-break' period in their season.

The cacophony of boos that greeted the Reds' first-ever defeat to French opposition at Anfield will have been followed by the harsh sound of alarm bells ringing for Rafa Benitez. Unable to spare any of his players from criticism after Marseille's deserved victory, the Spaniard vowed to "analyse everything".

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