🔗 Share this article Liverpool Vows Not to Alter Forward-Thinking Philosophy In the Face of Current Struggles, Says Slot Arne Slot has stated that the club's hierarchy agree with his assessment regarding the team's slump and he refuses to compromise their attacking style in search of a turnaround. The tactician conceded that six unsuccessful results in seven matches was unacceptable ahead of Aston Villa's visit. Pressure Mounting Amid Challenging Phase Slot accepted the pressure was on before his rotated squad suffered Carabao Cup elimination against Crystal Palace. However, he emphasized that this urgency to stop the losing streak is not coming from the Anfield hierarchy or management structure following a substantial investment of almost £450m. "They say similar things," remarked the Liverpool boss, whose squad will encounter Real Madrid in the continental tournament and travel to the Citizens in the Premier League. Squad Quality Remains Unchallenged The coach is convinced his team "have an unbelievable squad if they are all fit and fully prepared for the fixture list". He noted that the transfer window acquisitions in talents including the attacking midfielder and the forward, who is expected to be sidelined again against Aston Villa through fitness issues, had left the club "in a strong situation for the near future and the long-term future". Team Cohesion Issues When questioned about why his team were struggling to integrate, he responded: "That's not particularly helpful. 'Why, why, why?' I give an explanation and people say I'm making justifications. I can list five or six reasons why we are struggling for victories or suffering defeats as we do but, as I always emphasize, there are insufficient justifications to have a run of form as we had now." Regardless of whether I could come up with numerous reasons As Liverpool manager you should not suffer defeats Unfortunately six out of seven Defensive Numbers Only the Lancashire club (twenty-one) have faced more big chances from regular play this season than Liverpool (19). The table-toppers, the Gunners, have allowed just two. Yet Slot denies the champions have been too open and maintains there is no justification to compromise forward-thinking approach for a cautious system after 10 games without a shutout. "In my view we're not allowing many opportunities so I find no basis to alter our approach totally but we need to do better in not conceding goals," he said. Recent Examples "Against Manchester United, how many chances did we concede? Versus the German side when we were ahead by two goals, we scarcely gave up a effort at our net. In every match we have played so far we haven't allowed a numerous openings. Definitely not. We do give away a somewhat more than the previous campaign but that has to do with us being trailing by a goal so you become more adventurous. But in general I don't feel that our problem is that we allow too many opportunities. Our issue is we are unable to finish the chances we create."