The Dutch manager has announced that the club's hierarchy agree with his assessment regarding the poor performance streak and he has no intention of discarding their attacking style in pursuit of a improvement. The head coach admitted that six defeats in seven games was below standard ahead of the weekend fixture with Villa.
Growing Expectations During Tough Spell
Liverpool's coach recognized the expectations were high before his altered lineup exited the Carabao Cup against the London club. However, he insisted that this pressure to arrest the slide is not coming from the team's proprietors or management structure following a summer transfer outlay of approximately £450 million.
"We share common perspectives," stated the Liverpool boss, whose side will meet Real Madrid in the European competition and travel to the Citizens in the Premier League.
Squad Quality Stays Unquestioned
The coach is convinced his team "boast a remarkable roster if they are completely available and completely set for the schedule ahead". He said that the recent signings in footballers like the attacking midfielder and Alexander Isak, who is expected to be sidelined again against Aston Villa through physical problems, had left the club "in such a good place for the near future and the long-term future".
Gelling Difficulties
When asked why his team were taking so long to gel, he replied: "That question isn't constructive. 'What's causing this?' I offer insights and people say I'm making justifications. I can identify several explanations why we are not winning as much or losing as much as we do but, as I say every time, there are insufficient justifications to have a run of form as we had now."
- Regardless of whether I could come up with numerous reasons
- As Liverpool manager you should not suffer defeats
- Unfortunately six out of seven
Defensive Numbers
Only Burnley (21) have allowed more significant openings from regular play this season than Liverpool (nineteen). The league leaders, Arsenal, have faced two. Yet the manager disputes the team has been overly exposed and claims there is no justification to sacrifice his attacking principles for a cautious system after ten fixtures without a clean sheet.
"I don't see us giving up numerous openings so I find no basis to modify our philosophy completely but we have to enhance in not conceding goals," he declared.
Recent Examples
"When facing United, how many opportunities did we allow? When playing Frankfurt when we were ahead by two goals, we scarcely gave up a effort at our net. In each fixture we have competed in we haven't conceded a many opportunities. Definitely not. We do concede a slightly more than the prior term but that stems from us being trailing by a goal so you become more adventurous. But typically I don't think that our challenge is that we concede too many chances. Our problem is we fail to convert the opportunities we generate."
