Roy Keane summed up Liverpool’s malaise following the 3-0 defeat to Man City, describing it as “crisis time” and questioning Arne Slot‘s praise for the second half.Liverpool deserved to be beaten for their performance at the Etihad and Man City duly obliged, with Erling Haaland, Nico Gonzalez and Jeremy Doku consigning the champions to defeat.A 3-0 loss makes it seven in their last 10 games and puts a pin in the momentum built with back-to-back victories over Aston Villa and Real Madrid.With Slot’s side now sitting eighth in the Premier League heading into the international break, Keane delivered a withering verdict in the Sky Sports studio.“I think this is crisis time for Liverpool,” he argued. “We know they can be beaten at Man City; we know it’s a tough place to come and the signs are that Man City are getting back to their very best.“But to lose seven in 10, and five league losses already this season, it has to be a crisis for a club like Liverpool.”In his own post-match interview with Sky Sports, Slot held up his side’s second-half display as a silver lining – which Keane clearly found issue with.“I thought his assessment of the game today was spot on, it was very fair, the decision went against them but overall City looked stronger, technically better and they looked much better physically,” the former Man United captain continued.“I thought Liverpool looked like a really weak team today.“They still had moments, of course they’ve got that quality, they’ll still cause teams problems, but defensively, the goals they’re giving away, the decision-making, lack of intensity, lack of energy, they’re chopping and changing, bringing subs on…it just looked really flat.“The manager’s mentioned there saying he’s pleased with the second half, but the game was over!“It’s very easy to play when you’re two or three-nil down when the other teams take their foot off the gas.”Focusing in particular on Liverpool’s defensive efforts for Haaland’s opener and Gonzalez’s deflected strike for 2-0, Keane added: “They’ve done the worst thing: they ended up doing nothing.“Even if you go here and they beat you, do something.“They’ve ended up in no man’s land and lacked that intensity and desire to stop crosses. That goes back to that real desire.“Five or six years ago when they won the league, the following season they lacked that intensity of what champions need – you’re the target, you’re the best team – and Liverpool to me [are the same now]“When you do have a decision to make a least do it with some sort of intent. Get out and stop the cross.“It’s still early in the game, they were at home [in the week] and they only travelled down the road.“Sometimes you make excuses for players travelling across Europe and the intensity of the games. They had a home game down the road so you want to be careful making excuses.“The second goal, people could say ‘oh, he can be unlucky with the deflection’ – it’s lacked that intensity.“If you’re not at it as a team, and you’re just a little bit off, at least get the basics right.“You have to get the basics right and that’s stopping crosses, kind of being difficult to play against.”Liverpool are now eight points off Premier League leaders Arsenal having won six and lost five of their 11 games so far – and face Nottingham Forest in their first game after the international break.