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The Dutch manager has announced that the club's hierarchy are aligned with his perspective regarding the poor performance streak and he will not abandon their attacking style in pursuit of a turnaround. The tactician admitted that six losses in seven outings was unacceptable ahead of Aston Villa's visit.

Pressure Mounting Throughout Difficult Period

The manager acknowledged the scrutiny was intense before his rotated squad exited the Carabao Cup against Crystal Palace. However, he emphasized that this need to reverse the decline is not coming from the club's ownership or football administration following a significant spending of nearly £450 million.

"They say similar things," stated the Liverpool boss, whose side will meet Los Blancos in the Champions League and play against Manchester City in the English top flight.

Team Strength Stays Unchallenged

Liverpool's manager thinks his team "boast a remarkable roster if they are fully healthy and completely set for the schedule ahead". He mentioned that the summer investment in talents including the attacking midfielder and the Swedish striker, who is probably unavailable again against Villa through injury, had left the club "in such a good place for the near future and the years to come".

Gelling Difficulties

When questioned about why his team were taking so long to gel, he answered: "You don't really help me. 'Why, why, why?' I provide reasons and people say I'm making justifications. I can list multiple factors why we are underperforming or suffering defeats as we do but, as I always emphasize, there are inadequate reasons to have a performance streak as we had now."

• Even if I could identify multiple factors
• When you are Liverpool you should not suffer defeats
• In truth six losses from seven matches

Defensive Numbers

Only the Lancashire club (21) have faced more big chances from regular play this season than Liverpool (19). The first-place team, the North London club, have allowed just two. Yet the manager disputes the champions have been too open and asserts there is no reason to compromise forward-thinking approach for a cautious system after ten matches without a clean sheet.

"From my perspective we don't conceding a lot of chances so I see no justification to change our playing style entirely but we have to enhance in not conceding goals," he said.

Specific Instances

"Versus the Red Devils, how many chances did we concede? Versus the German side when we were leading 3-1, we scarcely gave up a effort at our net. In each fixture we have played so far we haven't conceded a many opportunities. Absolutely not. We do allow a slightly more than the prior term but that is related to us being trailing by a goal so you play more openly. But overall I don't believe that our problem is that we concede too many chances. Our problem is we don't score the chances we create."