According to the Liverpool Echo, Liverpool have won only 4 of their 12 home Premier League games this year, and fans' patience is wearing thin.

When asked about his team's recent performances, Slot said last weekend that in an era increasingly dominated by data in football, he is not someone who obsesses over numbers.

However, after the dull draw at home to Fulham, one statistic sufficiently illustrates how arduous the task is for the manager to bring Liverpool back into title contention.

Saturday's poor performance means that Liverpool have played 12 Premier League games at home this year and won only 4.

Anfield is by no means impenetrable. For those who frequently watch top-flight matches at this stadium, the two main reasons behind this are not surprising.

The first is tactical. Visiting teams often aim for a clean sheet and set up accordingly, which is nothing new. Many teams encounter this problem when so-called strong teams face opponents generally considered weaker at home.

Even when major title contenders play each other, sometimes one side will first solidify their defence, aiming only to at least take the point they started with.

However, it became increasingly difficult for Liverpool last season to break down compact defences without being vulnerable to counter-attacks, which also prompted Klopp to change his style of play, and he went too far to the other extreme, ultimately losing his job less than a year after winning the Premier League title.

Objectively speaking, Fulham cannot be considered a team that parked the bus at Anfield. However, Liverpool's creativity and attacking output were so scant that it was hard to even tell if Fulham had originally intended to defend with all players.

This leads to the second reason: the Anfield stands themselves.

Towards the end of the match and during the four minutes of added time, swathes of seats were already empty, indicating that many ticket-holding fans no longer believed Liverpool could score a late winner.

This harks back to the early days of Klopp's tenure. At that time, he once said he had never felt so alone in a stadium, as he saw fans leaving, giving up hope of an equaliser in his second Premier League home game against Crystal Palace.

A month later, Liverpool equalised late at home against West Brom, and the scenes of the team celebrating in front of the Kop were mocked by many, but that also marked the beginning of a bond between players and fans that lasted throughout Klopp's time in charge.

Now, that bond no longer exists. No one would suggest that Slot will replicate his German predecessor's achievements the next time Liverpool achieve a good result, but only victories and performances can convince those who have long since lost faith.

Of course, the inspiring atmosphere at Anfield three days earlier, when Liverpool came from behind to beat Atlético Madrid in the Champions League, proves that positive energy still exists here.

But the fact is, people who attend cup matches are always different from Premier League season ticket holders. The latter are usually those who have seen it all and are arguably the hardest to impress.

However, even their overall mentality has changed; they no longer have the patience of past generations of Anfield fans. They do not want another dull, uninspiring home season. It was clear on Saturday that complaints would quickly arise if the team's performance was not good enough. This adds another layer of pressure to Liverpool's home games.

More noticeably, the performance and demeanour of certain individuals in the team are particularly testing the fans' patience. Last season, Mac Allister, Gakpo, and Klopp bore the brunt of the criticism, but this season, the anger has shifted elsewhere.

Gakpo has proven this season that the situation is not irreversible. However, he had previously made significant contributions to Liverpool, which cannot be said for every player against Fulham.

Slot has only overseen 4 Premier League games for Liverpool, so this is clearly just the beginning. Liverpool may have to endure more hardship before true rewards arrive. The only way for Liverpool to win back the weary fans at Anfield is to start winning games at home again.

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