Arne Slot responds to Liverpool sack rumours after nightmare run of form | OneFootball

The Dutchman is struggling to pull the Reds out of their nose-dive

Arne Slot insists he still feels the full support of Liverpool’s hierarchy despite his miserable run of results.

The Reds face Aston Villa on Saturday having lost six of their last seven matches in all competitions, including four consecutive Premier League defeats.

Slot’s men were dumped out of the Carabao Cup by Crystal Palace in midweek, but reports later emerged claiming the club’s owners, Fenway Sports Group, were not yet considering relieving the Dutchman of his duties.

Rather, they want to give him time to work through the difficulties and get to grips with his much-changed squad.

And Slot is feeling their support, telling reporters that there has been minimal change in the tone of his interactions with club executives.

"They say similar things," he said, referring to the report he was not under pressure. “They also see similar things as what I see.

"For me the conversations haven’t changed a lot. We always talk about the game and it’s always nicer to talk about the game if you have won than if you have lost.

"[I feel supported] not only in this period but also when things go well.

"I'm a firm believer all the squads I had were 20 or 21 players that can play, because if you have too many it's already a struggle to make a squad. But then you have to keep them fit."

Slot’s side has struggled for fitness this season. He has been without British record signing Alexander Isak for much of his tenure at the club, while various other first-team players, including the likes of Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch, have struggled to stay fit.

Slot continued: "If these players are all fit we have so much quality. This club is in such a good place when you look at the quality we have for the short-term future and the long-term future.

"I’ve used Alex (Alexander Isak) as an example but I don’t want to go into every single player because players sometimes don’t like it when they are named as being fit or not – not all of them were ready from the start to play three games in seven days.

"And then when you get four injuries like we have at the moment, it is a struggle going into a programme like this.

"I only used it to explain my line-up, not as an excuse for losing against Brentford or Manchester United. We have an unbelievable squad if they are all fit and all ready for the programme we are facing."