🔗 Share this article The Reds Refuses to Abandon Forward-Thinking Philosophy Despite Poor Run of Form, Insists Slot Liverpool's head coach has announced that the club's hierarchy share his views regarding the team's slump and he will not abandon their forward-thinking philosophy in quest for a turnaround. The head coach acknowledged that six defeats in seven games was below standard ahead of Aston Villa's visit. Growing Expectations Amid 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 substantial investment of nearly £450 million. "We share common perspectives," stated the manager, whose team next week face Los Blancos in the continental tournament and travel to the Citizens in the domestic competition. Squad Quality Stays Unchallenged The coach is convinced his team "have an unbelievable squad if they are completely available and fully prepared for the fixture list". He said that the transfer window acquisitions in talents including the attacking midfielder and the Swedish striker, who is expected to be sidelined again against Villa through physical problems, had left the club "in an excellent position for the near future and the years to come". Gelling Difficulties When pressed on why his team were taking so long to gel, he replied: "You don't really help me. 'What are the reasons?' I provide reasons and people say I'm coming up with excuses. I can identify multiple factors why we are underperforming or losing as much 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 As Liverpool manager you should not suffer defeats In truth six losses from seven matches Backline Performance Only Burnley (twenty-one) have conceded more clear opportunities from normal situations this season than Slot's team (nineteen). The table-toppers, Arsenal, have conceded only two. Yet the manager disputes the team has been overly exposed and maintains there is no justification to compromise forward-thinking approach for a cautious system after ten matches without a shutout. "From my perspective we don't giving up numerous openings so I see no justification to change our playing style totally but we must improve in preventing goals," he stated. Specific Instances "When facing United, how many opportunities did we allow? Versus the German side when we were leading 3-1, we barely allowed a attempt on goal. In all the games we have competed in we haven't conceded a many opportunities. Definitely not. We do give away a bit more than the previous campaign but that has to do with us being trailing by a goal so you play more openly. But in general I don't believe that our issue is that we concede too many chances. Our problem is we are unable to finish the chances we create."