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Liverpool's head coach has stated that the club's hierarchy agree with his assessment regarding the recent downturn and he has no intention of discarding their attacking style in pursuit of a improvement. The manager admitted that six defeats in seven matches was below standard ahead of Saturday's match against Aston Villa.

Increasing Scrutiny During Challenging Phase

Liverpool's coach recognized the expectations were high before his makeshift team were eliminated from the Carabao Cup against the London club. However, he maintained that this pressure to arrest the slide is not coming from the club's ownership or executive leadership following a substantial investment of approximately £450 million.

"We share common perspectives," stated the manager, whose team next week face Los Blancos in the European competition and travel to the Citizens in the domestic competition.

Team Strength Remains Undoubted

Liverpool's manager thinks his team "have an unbelievable squad if they are all fit and completely set for the programme we are facing". He noted that the summer investment in footballers like the attacking midfielder and the Swedish striker, who is probably unavailable again against the Birmingham club through physical problems, had left the club "in a strong situation for the immediate prospects and the long-term future".

Team Cohesion Issues

When pressed on why his team were struggling to integrate, he replied: "That's not particularly helpful. 'What are the reasons?' I offer insights and people say I'm offering alibis. I can list several explanations why we are not winning as much or losing as much as we do but, as I always emphasize, there are never enough excuses to have a performance streak as we had now."

• Even if I could list 200 excuses
• As Liverpool manager you must avoid losses
• Unfortunately six out of seven

Backline Performance

Only the Clarets (twenty-one) have allowed more significant openings from regular play this season than the Merseysiders (19). The first-place team, Arsenal, have allowed just two. Yet Liverpool's coach rejects the team has been overly exposed and claims there is no basis to abandon offensive philosophy for a defensive approach after 10 games without a shutout.

"In my view we're not conceding a lot of chances so I see no justification to modify our philosophy completely but we have to enhance in keeping clean sheets," he stated.

Particular Cases

"Against Manchester United, how many opportunities did we allow? Versus the German side when we were leading 3-1, we barely allowed a attempt on goal. In every match we played until now we haven't allowed a numerous openings. Not at all. We do give away a bit more than last season but that is related to us being trailing by a goal so you take a bit more risk. But overall I don't feel that our challenge is that we give up too many openings. Our issue is we are unable to finish the chances we create."