🔗 Share this article The Merseyside club Will Not Abandon Offensive Approach Despite Poor Run of Form, Declares Slot The Dutch manager has revealed that the club's hierarchy are aligned with his perspective regarding the poor performance streak and he has no intention of discarding their offensive approach in pursuit of a improvement. The tactician acknowledged that six losses in seven matches was unacceptable ahead of Aston Villa's visit. Growing Expectations During Tough Spell The manager acknowledged the pressure was on before his rotated squad were eliminated from the Carabao Cup against their Premier League rivals. However, he emphasized that this need to reverse the decline is not coming from the team's proprietors or football administration following a significant spending of approximately £450 million. "They say similar things," remarked Slot, whose team next week face Real Madrid in the continental tournament and visit the Citizens in the English top flight. Squad Quality Stays Undoubted Liverpool's manager thinks his team "have an unbelievable squad if they are completely available and fully prepared for the fixture list". He said that the recent signings in footballers like the attacking midfielder and the forward, who is probably unavailable again against Villa through physical problems, had left the club "in such a good place for the short-term future and the long-term future". Team Cohesion Issues When asked why his team were having difficulty blending, he answered: "That question isn't constructive. 'What's causing this?' I provide reasons and people say I'm coming up with excuses. I can list several explanations why we are underperforming 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." No matter if I could identify 200 excuses Leading this club you should not suffer defeats The reality is six losses from seven matches Backline Performance Only the Clarets (21) have conceded more clear opportunities from open play this season than Slot's team (nineteen). The table-toppers, the Gunners, have allowed just two. Yet Slot denies the defense has been too vulnerable and asserts there is no justification to sacrifice his attacking principles for a defensive approach after ten fixtures without a goalless performance. "In my view we're not conceding a lot of chances so I find no basis to change our playing style entirely but we have to enhance in keeping clean sheets," he stated. Specific Instances "Versus the Red Devils, how many openings did we give up? Versus the German side when we were leading 3-1, we scarcely gave up a attempt on goal. In each fixture we have competed in we haven't conceded a many opportunities. Definitely not. We do concede a somewhat more than last season but that is related to us being 1-0 down so you play more openly. But typically I don't believe that our issue is that we allow too many opportunities. Our issue is we fail to convert the chances we create."