🔗 Share this article Liverpool Will Not Abandon Forward-Thinking Philosophy Amid Poor Run of Form, Says Arne Slot The Dutch manager has stated that the club's hierarchy share his views regarding the recent downturn and he refuses to compromise their attacking style in quest for a improvement. The tactician admitted that six losses in seven outings was below standard ahead of the weekend fixture with Villa. Pressure Mounting Amid Tough Spell Slot accepted the expectations were high before his altered lineup suffered Carabao Cup elimination against Crystal Palace. However, he insisted that this need to reverse the decline is not coming from the Anfield hierarchy or football administration following a substantial investment of nearly £450 million. "We share common perspectives," commented the manager, whose side will meet Real Madrid in the continental tournament and play against Pep Guardiola's side in the English top flight. Player Depth Remains Unchallenged The coach is convinced his team "have an unbelievable squad if they are all fit and all ready for the fixture list". He mentioned that the transfer window acquisitions in talents including the German international and Alexander Isak, who is likely to miss out again against Villa through injury, had left the club "in an excellent position for the short-term future and the distant prospects". Team Cohesion Issues When pressed on why his team were having difficulty blending, he responded: "That question isn't constructive. 'What's causing this?' I give an explanation and people say I'm offering alibis. I can list multiple factors why we are struggling for victories or suffering defeats as we do but, as I say every time, there are insufficient justifications to have a results sequence as we had now." Regardless of whether I could list numerous reasons When you are Liverpool you cannot lose In truth six out of seven Defensive Numbers Only the Lancashire club (twenty-one) have allowed more significant openings from normal situations this season than the Merseysiders (19). The first-place team, the North London club, have conceded only two. Yet the manager disputes the champions have been too open and maintains there is no basis to sacrifice his attacking principles for a cautious system after ten matches without a clean sheet. "I don't see us giving up numerous openings so I find no basis to modify our philosophy completely but we need to do better in not conceding goals," he stated. Particular Cases "Against Manchester United, how many opportunities did we allow? When playing Frankfurt when we were 3-1 up, we hardly conceded a attempt on goal. In all the games we played until now we haven't allowed a lot of chances. Not at all. We do give away a somewhat more than the previous campaign but that stems from us being trailing by a goal so you play more openly. But overall I don't think that our challenge is that we allow too many opportunities. Our issue is we are unable to finish the openings we produce."