🔗 Share this article Liverpool Refuses to Abandon Offensive Approach In the Face of Recent Slump, Insists Arne Slot The Dutch manager has revealed that the team leadership agree with his assessment regarding the team's slump and he refuses to compromise their forward-thinking philosophy in search of a turnaround. The head coach admitted that six losses in seven matches was not good enough ahead of the weekend fixture with Villa. Increasing Scrutiny During Challenging Phase Slot accepted the pressure was on before his makeshift team suffered Carabao Cup elimination against their Premier League rivals. However, he emphasized that this urgency to stop the losing streak is not coming from the team's proprietors or management structure following a significant spending of nearly £450 million. "We share common perspectives," commented the Liverpool boss, whose side will meet the Spanish giants in the European competition and travel to Pep Guardiola's side in the Premier League. Player Depth Remains Unchallenged Liverpool's manager thinks his team "possess an exceptional group if they are all fit and fully prepared for the programme we are facing". He said that the summer investment in footballers like Florian Wirtz and the Swedish striker, who is probably unavailable again against Aston Villa through injury, had left the club "in a strong situation for the near future and the distant prospects". Team Cohesion Issues When asked why his team were taking so long to gel, he answered: "That question isn't constructive. 'What are the reasons?' I provide reasons and people say I'm offering alibis. I can come up with multiple factors why we are struggling for victories or suffering defeats as we do but, as I say every time, there are inadequate reasons to have a results sequence as we had now." No matter if I could identify multiple factors As Liverpool manager you must avoid losses In truth six out of seven Backline Performance Only the Lancashire club (21) have allowed more significant openings from regular play this season than Liverpool (19). The league leaders, Arsenal, have faced two. Yet the manager disputes the team has been overly exposed and maintains there is no reason to abandon offensive philosophy for a defensive approach after 10 games without a clean sheet. "From my perspective we don't giving up numerous openings so I see no justification to modify our philosophy totally but we need to do better in keeping clean sheets," he stated. Recent Examples "Against Manchester United, how many opportunities did we allow? Versus the German side when we were 3-1 up, we scarcely gave up a attempt on goal. In all the games we played until now we haven't allowed a lot of chances. Definitely not. We do give away a somewhat more than last season but that has to do with us being behind early so you become more adventurous. But overall I don't feel that our challenge is that we concede too many chances. Our problem is we are unable to finish the chances we create."