Overview
- Liverpool enter the Aston Villa match on a run of six defeats in seven, including four straight league losses, described as their worst domestic sequence in 72 years.
- Slot says conversations with sporting director Richard Hughes and FSG executive Michael Edwards remain supportive and unchanged despite heightened external scrutiny.
- He attributes results to injuries and the bedding-in of a £450m cohort with limited Premier League experience, and he defended midweek Carabao Cup rotation as fitness management rather than an excuse.
- Slot insists he will not abandon Liverpool’s attacking approach, though he says he is willing to adapt in specific situations when required.
- Recent data show Liverpool lead the league for shots from open play and rank high for big chances created yet struggle to convert, have faced many big chances, and have gone 10 games without a clean sheet, with Villa up next before Real Madrid and Manchester City.