🔗 Share this article

Liverpool's head coach has revealed that the team leadership are aligned with his perspective regarding the recent downturn and he has no intention of discarding their offensive approach in search of a solution. The tactician admitted that six unsuccessful results in seven outings was not good enough ahead of Aston Villa's visit.

Pressure Mounting During Difficult Period

Liverpool's coach recognized the expectations were high before his makeshift team exited the Carabao Cup against Crystal Palace. However, he maintained that this need to reverse the decline is not coming from the Anfield hierarchy or management structure following a substantial investment of almost £450m.

"We share common perspectives," remarked the Liverpool boss, whose squad will encounter Los Blancos in the European competition and play against Pep Guardiola's side in the domestic competition.

Team Strength Continues Unquestioned

Slot believes his team "boast a remarkable roster if they are fully healthy and all ready for the fixture list". He noted that the summer investment in talents including the attacking midfielder and the forward, who is expected to be sidelined again against Aston Villa through fitness issues, had left the club "in an excellent position for the immediate prospects and the years to come".

Integration Challenges

When questioned about why his team were having difficulty blending, he replied: "You don't really help me. 'Why, why, why?' I offer insights and people say I'm making justifications. I can identify several explanations why we are not winning as much or experiencing losses as we do but, as I always emphasize, there are inadequate reasons to have a performance streak as we had now."

• Even if I could come up with multiple factors
• As Liverpool manager you cannot lose
• The reality is six losses from seven matches

Defensive Numbers

Only Burnley (21) have allowed more significant openings from regular play this season than Liverpool (nineteen). The table-toppers, the North London club, have allowed just two. Yet Liverpool's coach rejects the champions have been too open and maintains there is no reason to compromise forward-thinking approach for a more pragmatic style after 10 games without a goalless performance.

"In my view we're not giving up numerous openings so I don't see a reason to change our playing style completely but we must improve in preventing goals," he said.

Particular Cases

"When facing United, how many chances did we concede? Against Eintracht Frankfurt when we were ahead by two goals, we scarcely gave up a shot on target. In every match we have competed in we haven't allowed a lot of chances. Absolutely not. We do give away a bit more than the prior term but that has to do with us being trailing by a goal so you play more openly. But overall I don't believe that our challenge is that we give up too many openings. Our challenge is we fail to convert the chances we create."