Jurgen Klopp’s ‘Seventh Season Curse’ Baring Its Teeth Already As Fans Call for Drastic Change

• Liverpool's poor start to the campaign appears not to be slowing down anytime soon with Napoli the recent side to compound their woes
• The Reds suffered their worst European defeat since 1966 when Napoli swept aside Klopp's charges with ease
• Jurgen Klopp will hope to find a quick antidote to the ailing fortunes of the Merseyside club as the much-talked about 'seventh-season curse' appears to be raring its ugly head

Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool was completely torn into shreds by a ruthless Napoli side, who put three past the Reds in the first half of their Champions League opener.

A rampant display from the Serie A outfit ensured the tie ended as a contest at halftime with a commanding three-nil lead before completing the rout with a fourth goal after recess.

Liverpool's 4-1 mauling at the Stadio Armando Maradona further highlights the deficiencies in the team and adds more flesh to the fabled Jurgen Klopp seventh season curse.

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The German trainer's empire at Anfield appears to be falling apart in his seventh year, a déjà vu, that has seen 55-year-old record diminishing returns in previous coaching stints with Dortmund and Mainz.

Dreading a case of fate playing right before their eyes, fans of the club have called on Klopp to come up with a remedy to cure the ailing state of his side.

@SamueILFC wrote:

"This first half is the most embarrassing performance I’ve seen in this Klopp era."

@SundySundae2 added:

"Rebuild needed. New system, new players, new everything. This is embarrassing."

@joelmceniry tweeted:

"We've said this multiple times this season already, thats a huge problem."

@StevenHumberst2 prophesied doom for the Merseyside club:

"Probably expect more as the season goes on. Look tired, slow, laboured. Unable or unwilling to move the ball forward quickly."

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@Vkonboy linked Liverpool's struggle to the match-talked about curse:

"The 7th season curse indeed."

Ruthless Napoli blow away 'sorry' Liverpool in brutal fashion

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Liverpool's slow start to the new season extended to the continental stage on Wednesday night as they were thrashed 4-1 by Napoli in their Group A Champions League opener.

The Reds have been underwhelming since the start of the 2022/23 campaign, with the side managing just nine points from six of their opening Premier League matches.

The Jurgen Klopp-tutored side were hoping to put their domestic woes behind them when they took their trip to Napoli to face the Italian giants in their group curtain-raiser.