The Reds Will Not Abandon Attacking Style Despite Recent Slump, Declares Head Coach Slot
Liverpool's head coach has stated that the club's hierarchy share his views regarding the recent downturn and he has no intention of discarding their forward-thinking philosophy in quest for a improvement. The tactician admitted that six unsuccessful results in seven matches was not good enough ahead of the weekend fixture with Villa.
Growing Expectations Amid Tough Spell
The manager acknowledged the scrutiny was intense before his makeshift team exited the Carabao Cup against Crystal Palace. However, he insisted that this urgency to stop the losing streak is not coming from the team's proprietors or football administration following a substantial investment of approximately £450 million.
"We share common perspectives," commented the Liverpool boss, whose side will meet Los Blancos in the Champions League and play against Pep Guardiola's side in the Premier League.
Squad Quality Continues Undoubted
Liverpool's manager thinks his team "possess an exceptional group if they are completely available and all ready for the programme we are facing". He mentioned that the transfer window acquisitions in players such as the German international and the Swedish striker, who is likely to miss out again against Villa through fitness issues, had left the club "in such a good place for the near future and the years to come".
Integration Challenges
When asked why his team were having difficulty blending, he replied: "That question isn't constructive. 'Why, why, why?' I provide reasons and people say I'm making justifications. I can come up with multiple factors why we are underperforming or suffering defeats as we do but, as I say every time, there are insufficient justifications to have a performance streak as we had now."
- Regardless of whether I could identify 200 excuses
- Leading this club you should not suffer defeats
- Unfortunately six out of seven
Defensive Numbers
Only Burnley (21) have allowed more significant openings from regular play this season than Liverpool (19). The table-toppers, the Gunners, have conceded only two. Yet Slot denies the defense has been too vulnerable and asserts there is no basis to abandon offensive philosophy for a cautious system after ten matches without a clean sheet.
"In my view we're not giving up numerous openings so I see no justification to modify our philosophy totally but we have to enhance in keeping clean sheets," he declared.
Recent Examples
"When facing United, how many opportunities did we allow? Against Eintracht Frankfurt when we were 3-1 up, we scarcely gave up a shot on target. In each fixture we played until now we haven't given up a many opportunities. Absolutely not. We do concede a bit more than the prior term but that is related to us being 1-0 down so you become more adventurous. But in general I don't feel that our issue is that we give up too many openings. Our challenge is we are unable to finish the opportunities we generate."
