Premier League: Arne Slot opens up on loss against Brentford

Liverpool slumped to a fourth consecutive Premier League defeat as Brentford bullied the defending champions in a 32 win on SaturdayGoals from Dango Ouattara Kevin Schade and Igor Thiago secured victory for the Bees who climb to 10th in the tableLiverpool slip to sixth and could be seven points adrift of leaders Arsenal by Sunday as their title defence has collapsed in spectacular style over the past monthArne SlotThe Reds have lost five of their last six games in all competitions as Arne Slot appears lost for answers in how to develop a cohesive team from a Premier League record spend of nearly pound450 million 600 million in the transfer window ldquoI have a clear idea of where we have to improve but that hasnrsquot been the case in other games We didnrsquot do the basics right todayrdquo said SlotldquoYou cannot compare all of them but the most concerning thing is that you lose four times in a row Afterwards you can judge the performance and today was the worst in my opinion from all the four Speaking further on what went wrong for the Reds Slot told TNT Sports ldquoThey won more duels than us they won more second balls than us and if you come here and you know if you are going to concede goals then one of them may be a setpiece and a counterattack is also one of their biggest strengths and thatrsquos how we conceded two goalsrdquoOne of Slotrsquos big decisions was taken out of his hands as Alexander Isak missed out with a groin injury Striker Mohamed Salah did return after starting on the bench as Liverpool thrashed Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League on Wednesday to snap a fourgame losing streak Brentford have long been exponents of the long throwin tactic that has become popular across the League this season2No of places Liverpool have dropped in the points table due to their slump mdash from 4th to 6th4No of games Liverpool have lost this season is the same as during their entire titlewinning 202425 campaign4No of consecutive EPL defeats Liverpool have suffered their longest losing streak in the league since February 20215No of matches Liverpool have lost in their last six gamesLiverpoolrsquos four EPL flops in a row12 vs Crystal Palace September 2712 vs Chelsea October 412 vs Man Utd October 1923 vs Brentford October 25This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever