Arne Slot has stated that the club's hierarchy share his views regarding the recent downturn and he has no intention of discarding their offensive approach in pursuit of a solution. The manager conceded that six losses in seven matches was below standard ahead of the weekend fixture with Villa.
Liverpool's coach recognized the scrutiny was intense before his altered lineup were eliminated from the Carabao Cup against the London club. However, he emphasized that this pressure to arrest the slide is not coming from the team's proprietors or executive leadership following a significant spending of nearly £450 million.
"They say similar things," stated the Liverpool boss, whose side will meet Los Blancos in the European competition and visit the Citizens in the Premier League.
The coach is convinced his team "have an unbelievable squad if they are completely available and fully prepared for the programme we are facing". He said that the recent signings in footballers like the German international and the Swedish striker, who is expected to be sidelined again against Villa through fitness issues, had left the club "in such a good place for the immediate prospects and the distant prospects".
When questioned about why his team were taking so long to gel, he answered: "That's not particularly helpful. 'What are the reasons?' I offer insights and people say I'm coming up with excuses. I can identify five or six reasons why we are struggling for victories or suffering defeats as we do but, as I always emphasize, there are never enough excuses to have a results sequence as we had now."
Only Burnley (twenty-one) have conceded more clear opportunities from regular play this season than the Merseysiders (19). The table-toppers, Arsenal, have faced two. Yet Liverpool's coach rejects the champions have been too open and maintains there is no reason to abandon offensive philosophy for a cautious system after 10 games without a goalless performance.
"I don't see us allowing many opportunities so I see no justification to alter our approach entirely but we need to do better in keeping clean sheets," he said.
"When facing United, how many openings did we give up? Against Eintracht Frankfurt when we were leading 3-1, we scarcely gave up a effort at our net. In each fixture we played until now we haven't allowed a many opportunities. Definitely not. We do give away a slightly more than the prior term but that has to do with us being 1-0 down so you take a bit more risk. But typically I don't think that our challenge is that we concede too many chances. Our challenge is we fail to convert the chances we create."
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