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Following Liverpool's 3-1 defeat to Crystal Palace on Sunday, Brendan Rodgers' side sit just four points above the relegation zone.

The Reds have now lost their last four games in a row, are eighteen points off leaders Chelsea, and could go out of the Champions League this week unless they win for the first time in November. 

We asked live4Liverpool fansite's David Tyrer whether Rodgers' time at Anfield should be up.

I was asked last night, at what point can we say that Liverpool have fallen off the precipice of a blip into the depths of a full-blown crisis. My answer: losing your third straight league game and sixth game in twelve; Liverpool are in trouble. There's no other way to dress it up.

We all felt a lot of anger following the defeat on Sunday and much of it was directed at the usual suspects: Glen Johnson, Dejan Lovren and Simon Mignolet. 

Liverpool's problems haven't just appeared overnight, we're only now realising that the same issues we've had since Brendan Rodgers joined haven't been addressed and it's more noticeable now we haven't got the two top scorers in the league to make a difference. 

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Sunday's defeat shows that Brendan Rodgers has plenty of work to do, but he shouldn't be sacked just yet

The likes of Glen Johnson (left) and Dejan Lovren (right) were below par, again, during the defeat to Palace

Rodgers is now at a very pivotal point in not just his Liverpool career, but his career in general. He needs to turn this around. He's a very talented young manager but the current crisis could make or break him, it's all about his actions from here on in.

I'm sticking behind Rodgers (for the time being) as he's shown he's capable of getting the team playing incredible attacking football. And surely, by now, he can see that the team has become such a liability at the back that changes are needed.

Many of his detractors will point to an inability to 'fix' the team's defensive problems since he joined the club, despite having spent vast sums on several defensive players, as a prime reason for his dismissal. 

Injuries to Daniel Sturridge have highlighted Rodgers' team's frailties at the other end of the pitch

Mario Balotelli (left) and Fabio Borini (right) have not yet scored a Premier League goal for Liverpool

We've all seen what Rodgers can do when it comes to improving players though. Just look at the job he's done with Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho. And, of course, the best example is how much Luis Suarez himself improved his goal scoring form after the manager’s arrival: 21 goals in 18 months before followed by 61 in the two years he was playing under him.

Many will argue that Suarez and Sturridge's incredible form during that time masked the manager's deficiencies but to give the players all the credit is unfair, it's clear Rodgers' did a lot of good work adapting his tactics and set up to accommodate his better players.

I mean, given the manner of the defeat to Crystal Palace, it's very clear that there are too many players not pulling their weight for the manager and club, and it's obvious who they are. Which is why the form this season has been so frustrating, as he's being far too loyal to certain senior players who appear to be going through the motions.

Rodgers' critics will point to the troubles in defence, but he has a track record of helping players to improve

Three straight league defeats, and no points in November, have left Liverpool in real trouble in the league

Obviously, he has to take responsibility as much as the players, after all he's persisting with these players when it's clear they're not playing to the expected level. Not only that, but his insistence on shoe-horning these players into a system utilizing a lone striker has been done to death and clearly isn’t working.

It’s clear he knows there are problems and his post-match interview yesterday shows he’s aware that he finds himself in a very difficult situation. The question is: if we let him go now, which manager would jump ship mid-season? I can think of dozens but they’re not the type we’d want. I’ve seen Klopp and, of course, Benitez cited as the most likely options but, again, as good as they are they won’t come mid-season, it isn’t their style.

Regardless, an absolute deterioration in form aside, we should stick with him and let him sort out the mess. I’d be wary of giving him more money in January but that’s a month away and we’ll need to see signs of improvement before then. In the meantime, we should support Rodgers and hope he’s learned from his mistakes and shows the leadership qualities that the club desperately needs right now.

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