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Liverpool's head coach has revealed that the team leadership are aligned with his perspective regarding the poor performance streak and he will not abandon their attacking style in pursuit of a improvement. The tactician admitted that six losses in seven outings was not good enough ahead of the weekend fixture with Villa.

Pressure Mounting During Difficult Period

The manager acknowledged the expectations were high before his makeshift team exited the Carabao Cup against the London club. However, he emphasized that this urgency to stop the losing streak is not coming from the team's proprietors or football administration following a summer transfer outlay of almost £450m.

"We share common perspectives," remarked the Liverpool boss, whose team next week face the Spanish giants in the Champions League and visit Pep Guardiola's side in the domestic competition.

Player Depth Stays Unquestioned

The coach is convinced his team "possess an exceptional group if they are completely available and completely set for the fixture list". He mentioned that the summer investment in players such as the attacking midfielder and the forward, who is likely to miss out again against the Birmingham club through physical problems, had left the club "in an excellent position for the immediate prospects and the long-term future".

Gelling Difficulties

When questioned about why his team were having difficulty blending, he answered: "That's not particularly helpful. 'What are the reasons?' I provide reasons and people say I'm coming up with excuses. I can identify several explanations why we are struggling for victories or experiencing losses as we do but, as I always emphasize, there are inadequate reasons to have a performance streak as we had now."

• Regardless of whether I could list multiple factors
• As Liverpool manager you must avoid losses
• The reality is six losses from seven matches

Defensive Numbers

Only Burnley (21) have allowed more significant openings from normal situations this season than Liverpool (19). The league leaders, the Gunners, have allowed just two. Yet the manager disputes the team has been overly exposed and asserts there is no justification to abandon offensive philosophy for a cautious system after 10 games without a goalless performance.

"From my perspective we don't allowing many opportunities so I don't see a reason to alter our approach completely but we need to do better in preventing goals," he stated.

Specific Instances

"When facing United, how many opportunities did we allow? When playing Frankfurt when we were ahead by two goals, we scarcely gave up a attempt on goal. In all the games we have played so far we haven't conceded a lot of chances. Absolutely not. We do concede a slightly more than last season but that stems from us being 1-0 down so you play more openly. But overall I don't believe that our problem is that we allow too many opportunities. Our problem is we are unable to finish the chances we create."