Is this the worst title defence ever? #vertical

Is Liverpool's Premier League title defence the worst of all time?

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00:00Is Liverpool's title defence this season the worst in Premier League history?

00:04Leicester are statistically the worst. They dropped a whopping 37 points and 11 places the following season.

00:11But let's be fair, Leicester then and Liverpool now are not comparable and they shouldn't be painted with this brush.

00:17Same goes for Blackburn.

00:19Chelsea the season before dropped the same points and nine places when they utterly imploded under Mourinho.

00:24They did, however, make a net profit the previous summer with Pedro, Abdul Rahman Baba and Asmir Begovic being their main signings.

00:31Not exactly a platform for success.

00:33What about United under Moyes? They delivered their worst ever points total in the Premier League.

00:37But with an ageing squad and a manager who ultimately was out of his depth, is this really much of a surprise?

00:42Context is key. This is a Liverpool team with three all-time Premier League greats still at the club.

00:47They broke the Premier League transfer record twice in one summer alongside another top 10 fee.

00:51£450 million spent, an almost unanimous view that this squad should walk the league this season.

00:58If they carry on in this vein, they may not statistically be the worst.

01:01But contextually, this is nothing short of a historic disaster for the reigning champions.