Arne Slot acknowledged that “outcomes don’t lie” as Liverpool try to finish their three-game dropping streak in all competitions in opposition to Manchester United on Sunday.
Liverpool had made an ideal begin to the league marketing campaign, helped out by late targets, however their kind caught as much as them earlier than the worldwide break.
They suffered back-to-back Premier League defeats in opposition to Crystal Palace and Chelsea on both aspect of their Champions League loss to Galatasaray.
It’s the first time that Liverpool have been on such a run since Slot stepped into the dugout.
In the event that they have been to lose on Sunday, they’d lose three consecutive top-flight matches for the primary time since February 2021 (a run of 4).
Liverpool might be so far as 4 factors off the leaders by the top of the weekend, and Slot is aware of he must see a quick enchancment from his aspect.
“What I like about prime gamers is that they don’t do something otherwise in the event that they win three in a row,” Slot mentioned.
“They don’t stroll into the constructing pondering they’re higher than everybody else. They put together each recreation in the identical approach, whether or not they win or lose. However the exterior world may be very centered on outcomes, which we’re as nicely.
“We don’t deny that we have to do higher. We’re working each single day to make the hole between us and the groups we face larger.
“We’ve performed 10, received seven and misplaced three. The three losses have been by shut margins. Twice within the final minutes, each groups obtained a penalty; each occasions, VAR ought to have overturned the choice.
“However solely the one we obtained was overturned, so the margins are small. However as I preserve saying, we shouldn’t be depending on such margins.
“Outcomes don’t lie. In the event you lose three in a row, then it’s a must to do higher. We’re conscious of that, and we now have to react.”
Liverpool have a brand new look assault in comparison with final season, with Alexander Isak nonetheless chasing his first Premier League objective, whereas Mohamed Salah has didn’t hit the heights of final time period, although he has scored 13 targets in opposition to United within the league.
And Florian Wirtz is but to register a objective or help within the Premier League regardless of having 9 photographs and creating 11 possibilities – his 20 mixed photographs and possibilities created are essentially the most of any participant but to attain or help within the competitors this time period.
“The primary reply is to not concede as many targets as we did. If a staff scores one or two targets, then we want three targets.
“Within the first half of final season, we primarily obtained these targets from a particular second from certainly one of our entrance three; second half, we would have liked set-pieces in opposition to a low block. This season, we haven’t had these particular moments, and we haven’t scored from set items.
“It’s clear that conceding 4 targets from set items is much an excessive amount of for a staff that wishes to compete.”
United have struggled to place collectively a robust run of kind this season, alternating between successful and dropping of their final 4 league video games. On the highway, they haven’t received since March.
In line with Opta’s anticipated factors desk, United have underperformed this season; their anticipated factors complete is 12.5 after seven video games, however Ruben Amorim’s aspect have collected simply 10.
“I stay up for each single Premier League recreation, however possibly extra the Man United one as a result of I understand how particular it’s,” Slot mentioned of their opponents.
“We all know it’s the sport that’s maybe watched essentially the most everywhere in the world. It’s a recreation we now have to be at our greatest, as a result of, in my view, United have had a greater begin to the season than the league desk suggests.”
