Liverpool’s top scorer since the World Cup break doesn’t even play for them and has more goals than Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez combined

Liverpool's nightmare form is well demonstrated by the fact their top scorer since the World Cup break is Leicester defender Wout Faes.

The Reds are yet to win a top-flight match in 2023, with Saturday's defeat away at Wolves leaving them tenth in the table.

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Since Boxing Day, Jurgen Klopp's side have scored just six goals in as many Premier League games - failing to find the back of the net in any of their last three.

It is a run that has stretched to over five hours since their 3-1 loss at Brentford at the start of last month.

And no player has has scored more than one goal, with Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Stefan Bajcetic all on a solitary strike.

Darwin Nunez - signed for a club-record transfer last summer in a deal rising to £85m - hasn't scored in the league since November.

And January recruit Cody Gakpo is yet to open his account for the Merseyside outfit since his arrival from PSV for an initial £37m.

In an incredible stat, Foxes centre-back Faes is Liverpool's top scorer since the World Cup thanks to his two own goals on December 30.

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The 24-year-old Belgian had a night to forget at Anfield after he inadvertently diverted the ball twice into his own net in the first half of the Reds' 2-1 victory.

Liverpool know they can't afford to falter in their next game against rivals Everton if they still harbour any dreams of finishing in the top four.

As it stands, Liverpool sit eleven points behind fourth-placed Newcastle.

Klopp's side will have a chance to close the gap on the Magpies when they pit their wits against Eddie Howe's men at St James' Park on February 18.

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It's not just in attack where Liverpool have problems, as they continue to ship in goals at will.

And speaking to talkSPORT after his side's defeat at Molineux, Klopp took aim at his back line after they conceded twice in the opening 12 minutes.

He said: “The first 15 minutes I would say that they decided the game.

"I saw in the first 15 minutes we were too passive, not active and the goals we conceded were horrible because we can defend them both."

Klopp added: "The first 15 minutes I cannot explain, there is no explanation.

"This is not allowed, it’s an away game in the Premier League and we start like this, this is not allowed.

“For everything there’s an explanation in the world, that’s 100 per cent clear, but not for these 12 minutes, I don’t have it.”