The reigning champions with the most defeats in a Premier League season as Liverpool slump to 10th league defeat | OneFootball

Liverpool's disappointing campaign continued after a 2-1 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League this weekend.

The champions have been a shadow of last season's title-winning team, with their latest loss leaving the Reds fifth in the table. Arne Slot's side are 21 points behind leaders Arsenal, while their defeat at Brighton made it 10 losses in thePremier League so far this season.

It's the most defeats in a Premier League season for Liverpool for a decade, since losing 10 times on route to an eighth-place finish in 2015-16. Onlyfive reigning Premier League champions have lost more games in a campaign and Liverpool still have seven games to add to their unwanted total.

Leicester City hold the record for the most Premier League defeats by a reigning champions. Leicester entered the 2016-17 season as top-flight champions, after an incredible shock success the previous season.

The Foxes overcame incredible odds to win the title for the first time in their history, but slumped to 12th the following year. Leicester lost almost half (18) of their Premier League games, with title-winning coach Claudio Ranieri sacked and replaced by Craig Shakespeare.

In total, seven different Premier League champions have lost 10+ games in their defence of the trophy the following season, withLeeds United, Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers also among the group.

Chelsea are the only team to have 'achieved' the feat twice, doing so in 2015-16 (12) and 2017-18 (10).

The reigning champions with the most defeats in a Premier League season

* Premier League season was a 42-game campaign

** Entire Premier League season still to be completed