Liverpool head coach Arne Slot admits they’re effectively conscious of the scrutiny on his facet after three successive defeats, however doesn’t imagine the gamers “get up at night time” worrying about it.
After reeling off seven straight wins, they then misplaced thrice within the week earlier than the worldwide break.
Slot admits having virtually two weeks with out having the ability to work along with his gamers has had positives and negatives, however as they search to keep away from dropping 4 in a row for the primary time since November 2014, he doesn’t imagine it’s weighing closely on his squad.
“These gamers would possibly want me – however I don’t assume they want me – to inform them what has occurred,” he stated forward of the go to of arch-rivals Manchester United, in opposition to whom they want to set a club-record 10 matches with out defeat.
“Outcomes don’t lie, when you lose three in a row we’ve to do higher.
“However I feel these gamers which have skilled so many issues don’t get up at night time considering ‘Oh, we misplaced thrice’.
“We want to concentrate on that and we’re conscious of that and we have to react to that, however we’ve to provide the identical response if we win thrice in a row and Manchester United is on the fixture checklist.
“However perhaps when you lose thrice you might be hoping for that spark or that one or two per cent extra, not solely from us however from our followers on Sunday.”
A fortnight with out Premier League motion has allowed a number of the heated debate about their current kind, flagged as a “disaster” in some quarters, to die down.
Nevertheless, Slot is aware of the tough highlight of scrutiny will refocus on his facet at Anfield on Sunday.
He would have appreciated the chance to have corrected their blip as quickly as attainable, however with plenty of gamers performing effectively for his or her international locations, he’s hopeful a change of surroundings could have introduced them again refreshed.
“I assume everyone seems to be speaking about it now once more, I don’t know. It’s simply the scenario as it’s,” he stated.
“You would argue it’s higher to have had them with you and to have the subsequent recreation after which individuals can not speak about it for 2 weeks.
“Now individuals have been in a position to speak about it for 2 weeks.
“What I like about prime gamers is you don’t discover something in the event that they win thrice in a row, they don’t stroll into the dressing room feeling as if they’re so a lot better than the remainder of the league.
“However the outdoors world could be very targeted on the outcomes – which we’re as effectively. We don’t deny the outcomes, we have to do higher – not solely as a result of we misplaced thrice however when you have a look at the ten video games it was 10 occasions fairly equal.
“We are attempting to work each single day to make the hole between us and the groups we face larger however it’s simpler stated than achieved.”
