🔗 Share this article The Reds Vows Not to Abandon Forward-Thinking Philosophy In the Face of Current Struggles, Declares Arne Slot Arne Slot has stated that the Anfield decision-makers are aligned with his perspective regarding the team's slump and he has no intention of discarding their forward-thinking philosophy in search of a solution. The head coach acknowledged that six losses in seven games was not good enough ahead of the weekend fixture with Villa. Increasing Scrutiny During Difficult Period Slot accepted the expectations were high before his altered lineup suffered Carabao Cup elimination against Crystal Palace. However, he insisted that this pressure to arrest the slide is not coming from the Anfield hierarchy or football administration following a summer transfer outlay of approximately £450 million. "They say similar things," commented the manager, whose squad will encounter the Spanish giants in the continental tournament and play against the Citizens in the Premier League. Team Strength Continues Unchallenged Liverpool's manager thinks his team "have an unbelievable squad if they are fully healthy and all ready for the programme we are facing". He mentioned that the transfer window acquisitions in talents including the attacking midfielder and the Swedish striker, who is expected to be sidelined again against the Birmingham club through physical problems, had left the club "in an excellent position for the near future and the distant prospects". Team Cohesion Issues When pressed on why his team were taking so long to gel, he answered: "That's not particularly helpful. 'Why, why, why?' I offer insights and people say I'm offering alibis. I can identify several explanations why we are struggling for victories or suffering defeats as we do but, as I always emphasize, there are inadequate reasons to have a run of form as we had now." No matter if I could come up with numerous reasons When you are Liverpool you should not suffer defeats The reality is six out of seven Backline Performance Only the Lancashire club (21) have allowed more significant openings from open play this season than the Merseysiders (nineteen). The league leaders, the Gunners, have allowed just two. Yet Liverpool's coach rejects the defense has been too vulnerable and maintains there is no basis to abandon offensive philosophy for a cautious system after ten fixtures without a shutout. "From my perspective we don't conceding a lot of chances so I find no basis to modify our philosophy entirely but we need to do better in preventing goals," he said. Specific Instances "When facing United, how many opportunities did we allow? Against Eintracht Frankfurt when we were 3-1 up, we scarcely gave up a attempt on goal. In each fixture we have played so far we haven't given up a lot of chances. Absolutely not. We do concede a slightly more than the prior term but that is related to us being trailing by a goal so you play more openly. But in general I don't believe that our challenge is that we allow too many opportunities. Our problem is we are unable to finish the opportunities we generate."