Liverpool coach Arne Slott is ‘absolutely happy’ with the team

After winning their first seven games of the season in all competitions, Liverpool have lost six of their last seven.

They have dropped to seventh in the Premier League table and are seven points behind leaders Arsenal, leading some fans to question whether Slott is the right man to lead Liverpool forward.

It all comes after a record summer of investment at Anfield when the club embarked on the biggest summer spending spree in the history of European football, committing £415m to recruit an impressive array of talent.

The previous record was held by Chelsea, who spent £400m in the summer of 2023 and Liverpool were prepared to hand over a further £35m to sign Crystal Palace captain Mark Guehi until the deal collapsed at the close of the transfer window.

Striker Alexander Isak was the latest player through the door on September 1 for a British record £125m.

Isak, 26, ditched the tools at Newcastle and trained on his own as he eyed a move to Merseyside, meaning he missed the entire pre-season.

Liverpool were also without several key players – including Alisson, Jeremy Frimpong and Ryan Gravenberch – due to injury during the opening months of the season.

“I’m absolutely convinced with the strategy and policy we have, but it makes it a problem – if you call it a problem – that not all of them have had a proper pre-season or have been injured,” Slott added.

“When three or four are injured, you rely on 16 players. I am a firm believer that 20 or 21 players is enough but you have to keep them fit as we did last season.

“Alex [Isak] He is a great example of this. A few others missed the preseason or suffered injuries during the preseason.

“It was more difficult than last season to keep them all available, and if a few of them are not available, it’s very much down to the same players. Maybe we were more lucky last season and now we’re less lucky.”