has lamented ’s kind as “ridiculous” and “unbelievable” as he seems to be to place a cease to .
have misplaced eight of their final 11 video games in all competitions, the most recent approaching Saturday as struggling – the joint-heaviest dwelling defeat the Reds have ever recorded within the Premier League.
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It was the second consecutive recreation Liverpool had misplaced by that margin – the primary time that’s occurred since April 1965 – with the defensive vulnerability of Slot’s facet obvious for all to see.
Slot struggles to grasp Liverpool’s shortfalls on the again however has insisted that adversity is barely bringing his gamers collectively.
“It’s ridiculous, it’s unbelievable,” he stated forward of Wednesday’s go to of within the . “I’ve stated many occasions you’ll by no means discover sufficient excuses for us to carry out like this. It is surprising for the membership, for me for everybody.
“However that is perhaps the most effective membership to face it, the tougher it will get at this membership, the extra we’re collectively.”
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Slot added: “We’re conceding extra objectives than final season. This time final season we conceded zero set-pieces now it’s 9. The variety of objectives is near ridiculous for a membership like us.”
, Slot maintains he takes full accountability for Liverpool’s dramatic downward spiral, even admitting a way of guilt on the membership’s present state, now within the backside half of the league desk with a destructive aim distinction.
Arne Slot takes accountability for his facet’s dire kind (Getty Photos)
“I take the accountability, I really feel responsible for it,” Slot stated. “We’re busy engaged on it, I am on the membership the place we aren’t simply used to being profitable but in addition occasions after we aren’t.
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“We’re going to give further effort. As a supervisor I attempt to lead by instance and take a look at even tougher.”
Regardless of spending a document £450m in the summertime, Liverpool have felt the results of not investing adequately within the coronary heart of their back-line.
After their deadline day transfer for Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi fell by way of, Liverpool’s solely centre-back acquisition was 18-year-old Italian Giovanni Leoni – who in a second of horrible misfortune suffered a season-ending knee damage in his debut for the membership.
Giovanni Leoni tore his ACL on his debut for Liverpool (Getty Photos)
With Conor Bradley and Jeremie Frimpong not but again in coaching, Liverpool at the moment are confronted with a disaster at right-back, with Curtis Jones and Dominik Szoboszlai required to drop again from midfield to fill the void.
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Joe Gomez – considered one of Liverpool’s three remaining match senior centre-backs – might additionally function at right-back and whereas he shall be within the squad for tomorrow’s conflict with Eredivisie leaders , Slot confirmed that the injury-maligned Englishman has additionally been coping with a health problem of late.
“Usually I would not go into element however final week however he had an injection final week on his knee,” he stated. “That is not regular for those who do not feel something.
“He shall be with the group tomorrow as he was on Saturday. Other than me making the choice to play Dom or another person, he’s not been utterly match. He’s within the squad tomorrow however he’s not been utterly match. He is skilled each time.”