Arne Slot reaction — Liverpool boss on 4-1 loss to PSV in Champions League; focus on West Ham

Liverpool were beaten once again on Wednesday, Arne Slot's side tasting defeat for the ninth time in 12 games across all competitions, this time 4-1 at the hands of Eredivisie champions PSV.

Slot and Liverpool are struggling, big time, as the reigning Premier League champions are all over the place defensively and anything other than a win at lowly West Ham on Sunday will be seen as yet another huge disappointment.

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Below is the latest Arne reaction, speaking after the Reds were beaten at Anfield for the fourth time in six games (all competitions).

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On whether he‘s spoken with the ownership group and sporting director Richard Hughes following the loss against PSV: “We've had the same conversations as we've had since I'm here. Not sure if I said it last night, but we fight on. We try to improve, that's what we all try, but the conversations have been the same as they've been for the past one-and-a-half years.”

On whether he feels 'let down' by his players: “No, not at all. Although I do agree with you that our standards, and with our, I mean the team, [they] have not been of the standards we are used to and that we want. We think we can play better than we do. But last season when we did really well there was a lot of focus on certain individuals and I always said it should be about the team and the team makes the individuals look very good. If the opposite is happening, we should also look at the team and not the individuals. That's what it's about for me.”

On what he can do differently to turn around his team's recent form: “That's not so easy to say what I can do different. It's quite normal if you win or lose or draw that you reflect on a game with decisions that you've made and what you've done during the week. [They are] all kind of the usual things managers do if they win or lose. But maybe you do it a little bit more if you lose. You try to find the answers to what is needed to win a game of football. In the end it's about doing what this club is about. It's keep fighting no matter how difficult it is. We have to fight together.

“But it would also be nice if we would reward ourselves in the moments we play well, because people are very focused, and correctly, about the parts we don't play well. There are definitely large parts of the games that we do play well and where we do create a lot of chances. We tend to forget to reward ourselves in those moments. Every small mistake, or small error, immediately leads to us conceding a goal. That is a very bad cocktail to have.”

On whether the team needs 'a jolt' after recent results and if he will look at players who have had fewer minutes: “I think you consider everything. Until now, I have decided differently. But they train with us every single day and they can prove themselves in those moments. It's always a balance between, if you don't change, people think, 'Ah, you should change more.' I think there was a period of this season where we lost and I made a few changes, where people complained about the fact that I made a few changes too much, and there was never any time the same team. Of course, I consider [that] but I cannot tell you what the end product of that consideration is for Sunday yet.”

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On being worried about his job: "No, I am not worried. My focus is on other things than worrying about my own position. I need to do better."

"After we conceded the first one, we saw the reaction I want to see and it's not easy because we lost of course on the weekend, big loss. The mentality afterwards is what you would hope to see. We kept trying and we were close to making it 2-2. End result is 4-1, and of course that’s another big loss."

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"The only way to go is to go through now. We just have to face where we are and fight really hard. … The reaction of the players in the first half is what you expect from a Liverpool player. But I said it many times now, the end result is 4-1."

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"I constantly felt [in the second half] what's wrong with Hugo [Ekitike]? It felt like he couldn't move like he did in the first half. That's why our press was a bit off. He just told me in the first 5 to 10 minutes of the first half he felt his back too much, and that’s why he had to go out."