🔗 Share this article The Reds Vows Not to Alter Offensive Approach In the Face of Recent Slump, Insists Head Coach Slot Liverpool's head coach has announced that the club's hierarchy share his views regarding the team's slump and he has no intention of discarding their offensive approach in search of a improvement. The manager admitted that six unsuccessful results in seven matches was below standard ahead of Aston Villa's visit. Increasing Scrutiny Amid Challenging Phase The manager acknowledged the pressure was on before his rotated squad 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 football administration following a summer transfer outlay of almost £450m. "They say similar things," commented Slot, whose team next week face the Spanish giants in the continental tournament and play against Pep Guardiola's side in the Premier League. Player Depth Stays Unquestioned Slot believes his team "boast a remarkable roster if they are all fit and fully prepared for the programme we are facing". He noted that the summer investment in footballers like Florian Wirtz and the Swedish striker, who is probably unavailable again against Aston Villa through physical problems, had left the club "in such a good place for the immediate prospects and the years to come". Integration Challenges When pressed on why his team were struggling to integrate, he answered: "That's not particularly helpful. 'Why, why, why?' I offer insights and people say I'm making justifications. I can identify multiple factors why we are not winning as much or experiencing losses as we do but, as I always emphasize, there are inadequate reasons to have a performance streak as we had now." Even if I could identify numerous reasons Leading this club you cannot lose The reality is six defeats in seven games Backline Performance Only the Lancashire club (twenty-one) have faced more big chances from open play this season than the Merseysiders (19). The league leaders, the Gunners, have faced two. Yet the manager disputes the champions have been too open and claims there is no reason to abandon offensive philosophy for a cautious system after 10 games without a shutout. "From my perspective we don't conceding a lot of chances so I don't see a reason to change our playing style totally but we need to do better in keeping clean sheets," he stated. Specific Instances "When facing United, how many openings did we give up? When playing Frankfurt when we were 3-1 up, we scarcely gave up a effort at our net. In all the games we played until now we haven't conceded a lot of chances. Definitely not. We do allow a slightly more than the previous campaign but that stems from us being 1-0 down so you become more adventurous. But in general I don't feel that our problem is that we concede too many chances. Our issue is we fail to convert the chances we create."