🔗 Share this article The Merseyside club Vows Not to Abandon Attacking Style Despite Poor Run of Form, Says Slot Arne Slot has revealed that the club's hierarchy agree with his assessment regarding the recent downturn and he has no intention of discarding their offensive approach in search of a solution. The tactician conceded that six unsuccessful results in seven outings was unacceptable ahead of Saturday's match against Aston Villa. Growing Expectations During Difficult Period Slot accepted the expectations were high before his rotated squad were eliminated from the Carabao Cup against Crystal Palace. However, he maintained that this need to reverse the decline is not coming from the Anfield hierarchy or management structure following a significant spending of nearly £450 million. "They say similar things," stated Slot, whose squad will encounter Real Madrid in the European competition and visit Pep Guardiola's side in the Premier League. Squad Quality Remains Unquestioned The coach is convinced his team "possess an exceptional group if they are all fit and all ready for the schedule ahead". He mentioned that the transfer window acquisitions in footballers like 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 such a good place for the immediate prospects and the years to come". Gelling Difficulties When questioned about why his team were struggling to integrate, he replied: "You don't really help me. 'Why, why, why?' I give an explanation and people say I'm offering alibis. I can list multiple factors why we are underperforming or losing as much as we do but, as I consistently state, there are inadequate reasons to have a results sequence as we had now." Even if I could identify numerous reasons Leading this club you must avoid losses Unfortunately six defeats in seven games Defensive Statistics Only the Clarets (twenty-one) have faced more big chances from open play this season than the Merseysiders (nineteen). The first-place team, Arsenal, have conceded only two. Yet Liverpool's coach rejects the champions have been too open and claims there is no justification to sacrifice his attacking principles for a defensive approach after 10 games without a shutout. "I don't see us giving up numerous openings so I find no basis to modify our philosophy totally but we have to enhance in keeping clean sheets," he said. Recent Examples "Against Manchester United, how many openings did we give up? When playing Frankfurt when we were leading 3-1, we barely allowed a shot on target. In all the games we have played so far we haven't conceded a many opportunities. Absolutely not. We do allow a somewhat more than the previous campaign but that has to do with us being 1-0 down so you play more openly. But overall I don't believe that our challenge is that we concede too many chances. Our issue is we fail to convert the chances we create."