Potter and Rodgers board a managerial merry-go-round which shows no signs of slowing

The longest-serving manager in England’s Premier League suffered several indignities at the weekend. Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool lost 4-1 at Manchester City, the visiting team bus had objects thrown at it on the way home - incidents condemned by City - and Klopp heard home fans chanting that he’d be “sacked in the morning”.

Nobody imagined that would happen. Liverpool’s owners have not built up seven-and-a-half year’s worth of faith in one manager, watched him bring to Anfield a first English league title for three decades and deliver a European Cup, to now turn panicky.

But they are in an environment where most others tend to. The day after City, who have been led by Pep Guardiola since 2016, beat Liverpool, two Premier League clubs fired their head coaches. Once Graham Potter learned his six-month period at Chelsea had been terminated, hours after Brendan Rodgers had been waved goodbye by Leicester City, the total of managerial departures in the most monied domestic league had risen to 13 this season.

Some, like Chelsea and Southampton, have crammed two sackings into the period. Some, like Chelsea and Leicester, give an impression their decision-makers, past and present, have ceased to see a connection between continuity in the manager’s seat and success. These two clubs were the last to win the Premier League before Klopp and Guardiola established a five-year duopoly on the title. Between them, Chelsea and Leicester have said farewell to nine managers since their landmark titles.

Leicester had sacked Claudio Ranieri, who led them to the surprise league triumph of 2016, within nine months of that historic accomplishment. Rodgers masterminded the club’s first-ever FA Cup triumph less than two years ago. He had finished