Liverpool’s defeat at Brentford on Saturday night was their fourth Premier League defeat of the season in a row - that's as many as they suffered in the whole of last season.

In the past decade three reigning champions have lost that many in a row before - Leicester, Manchester City and Liverpool themselves. 

So Mark Pougatch and Paul Hayward are asking, why do some Champions fall off so alarmingly when trying to defend their title? How did the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson famously buck that trend? And does this show footballers are human after all?

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