The Merseyside club Refuses to Alter Attacking Style Despite Poor Run of Form, Says Slot
Liverpool's head coach has announced that the club's hierarchy are aligned with his perspective regarding the team's slump and he has no intention of discarding their attacking style in pursuit of a solution. The tactician admitted that six losses in seven matches was unacceptable ahead of the weekend fixture with Villa.
Pressure Mounting Throughout Difficult Period
Liverpool's coach recognized the pressure was on before his altered lineup suffered Carabao Cup elimination against their Premier League rivals. However, he insisted that this urgency to stop the losing streak is not coming from the Anfield hierarchy or management structure following a summer transfer outlay of almost ÂŁ450m.
"Our views align," commented the Liverpool boss, whose side will meet the Spanish giants in the continental tournament and visit Pep Guardiola's side in the domestic competition.
Squad Quality Continues Unchallenged
The coach is convinced his team "have an unbelievable squad if they are fully healthy and all ready for the schedule ahead". He noted that the recent signings in talents including Florian Wirtz and the forward, who is likely to miss out again against Aston Villa through injury, had left the club "in a strong situation for the near future and the long-term future".
Integration Challenges
When pressed on why his team were struggling to integrate, he responded: "You don't really help me. 'What's causing this?' I give an explanation and people say I'm coming up with excuses. I can identify multiple factors why we are struggling for victories or experiencing losses as we do but, as I say every time, there are inadequate reasons to have a performance streak as we had now."
- Even if I could identify 200 excuses
- Leading this club you cannot lose
- Unfortunately six losses from seven matches
Backline Performance
Only the Lancashire club (twenty-one) have faced more big chances from normal situations this season than the Merseysiders (nineteen). The table-toppers, Arsenal, have conceded only two. Yet Slot denies the team has been overly exposed and claims there is no basis to abandon offensive philosophy for a more pragmatic style after ten fixtures without a goalless performance.
"I don't see us giving up numerous openings so I don't see a reason to alter our approach entirely but we must improve in not conceding goals," he said.
Recent Examples
"When facing United, how many chances did we concede? When playing Frankfurt when we were 3-1 up, we hardly conceded a effort at our net. In each fixture we have played so far we haven't conceded a numerous openings. Absolutely not. We do give away a somewhat more than the previous campaign but that is related to us being 1-0 down so you play more openly. But typically I don't think that our challenge is that we allow too many opportunities. Our issue is we are unable to finish the chances we create."
