Arne Slot has said he sees no reason to change Liverpool’s style of play and believes the Reds will turn around results.
Liverpool face Aston Villa in the Premier League this weekend, on the back of a dreadful run of form. The champions have lost six of their last seven games in all competitions and have not recorded a clean sheet in 10 games.
Their poor form has seen Liverpool drop tom seventh in the table, seven points adrift of leaders Arsenal. Ahead of a crucial run of games, Slot was asked whether he feels Liverpool need to become more defensive to improve results.
Speaking at his pre-match press conference, he said he does not think change is necessary but wants his side to shore up their leaky backline.
“It does go against my beliefs but I have won games in the past, like Man City away, that went against my beliefs but it was necessary to play it like that over there in the second half. I would be more than open to adapt in certain situations but I don’t think the story is that we conceded chance after chance or that we are too open – every single game maybe apart from Palace and Brentford – all the other games we deserved much more than we got and we hardly conceded a chance.
“Even with the team this week which played for the first time together, I think they only conceded three big chances but unfortunately they all went in. But that’s because they were big chances, not chances, they were big chances.
“I don’t see a reason to change our playing style completely but we need to do better in not conceding goals that for sure.”
