Overview
- Liverpool have lost six of their last seven matches in all competitions, including four straight in the league, and have not kept a clean sheet in 10 games.
- Slot says the issue is poor finishing rather than systemic defensive openness, pointing to high chance creation and insisting he will not abandon an attacking style.
- He cites injuries and the adaptation of this summer’s recruits — a spend of about £450m on largely young signings with limited Premier League experience — as key factors.
- Slot defended rotating 10 players for the 3-0 Carabao Cup defeat to Crystal Palace, saying he rested senior starters to keep them fresh for Aston Villa.
- Aston Villa visit Anfield on Saturday before Real Madrid and Manchester City, and Alan Shearer has called sack talk an overreaction while warning pressure grows if results don’t improve.