Slot Minimizes Doubts About His Liverpool Position After Defeat to PSV

Arne Slot: “I’m not worried” despite Liverpool’s defeat

Liverpool coach Arne Slot has expressed his tranquility despite his team’s resounding defeat against PSV Eindhoven in the UEFA Champions League. Liverpool fell 4-1 to the Eredivisie leader at Anfield on Wednesday, thus adding nine defeats in their last 12 matches in all competitions. Currently, the “Reds” are in twelfth position in the Premier League and thirteenth in the Champions League standings, which has increased the pressure on Slot to reverse the situation.

I’m not worried. My focus is on other things that are not worrying about my own position.

Arne Slot

Slot added that his priority is to analyze and help the players: “I try to analyze, I try to help the players as much as I can. It’s obvious that I don’t do it the same way as last season, because when you talk about individual mistakes, I think that also comes from the team’s effort.” The coach emphasized the need to improve and focus on the team’s development: “So, again, I need to do better and that’s what I try to do every day to improve the team, and that’s where my main focus is.”

The Liverpool arrived at this match after suffering 3-0 defeats in the Premier League against Manchester City before the international break and against Nottingham Forest on Saturday. They have conceded three or more goals in three consecutive matches for the first time since September 1992. When asked if he feels the support of the Liverpool board, Slot replied: “Yes, but not in the sense that they tell me every minute: ‘We support you, we support you, we support you'”. “But we talk a lot, if we are winning last season and if we are losing, then they help me and the team. Yes, we have those conversations, but they don’t call me every minute of the day to tell me that they still trust me.” “But we have normal conversations and in those conversations I feel the trust, but I still haven’t spoken to them after this match. We’ll see.”