It is against my beliefs — Liverpool head coach wary of using defensive tactics to fix problems

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot was asked whether he would set up more defensively, following their recent struggles at the back, and he explained that that form of thinking goes against his beliefs. 

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The Reds’ title defence has been shambolic so far, despite breaking multiple transfer window records in the summer. They have lost six of their last seven matches and are now out of the EFL Cup. 

Ahead of this weekend's Premier League clash with Aston Villa, Slot discussed their defensive frailties and admitted that he needed to find solutions.

However, he said that stemming the problem by deploying a more defensive setupis against his beliefs, but he admitted he has gone down that route to secure a win previously. 

"It does go against my beliefs but I have won games in the past, like Man City away, that went against my beliefs but it was necessary to play it like that over there in the second half," he said, per Goal. 

"I would be more than open to adapting in certain situations, but I don't think the story is that we conceded chance after chance or that we are too open. Every single game, maybe apart from Palace and Brentford, all the other games we deserved much more than we got, and we hardly conceded a chance.”

The Dutch tactician insisted that there was no pressing need to change their current playing style, as he believes they can find solutions to their goal-conceding problem within their system. 

"I don't see a reason to change our playing style completely but we need to do better in not conceding goals that for sure," he admitted. 

"Even with the team this week, which played for the first time together, I think they only conceded three big chances but unfortunately they all went in. But that's because they were big chances, not chances; they were big chances."