Arne Slot promised to “keep fighting” on Thursday, insisting his interactions with Liverpool’s owners had not changed despite his team’s dismal downturn.
The Premier League champions were thrashed 4-1 at Anfield by PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League on Wednesday, their ninth defeat in their last 12 games in all competitions.
The stands emptied as disgruntled fans left the stadium in droves in the closing moments of the game.
Liverpool will now travel to revitalized West Ham on Sunday, hoping to improve their Premier League position of 12th.
Slot, who guided Liverpool to the Premier League title in his first season in charge, expressed confidence in his job security following Wednesday’s defeat.
He addressed a press conference on Thursday to promote his team’s match against West Ham, who look very different under new manager Nuno Espirito Santo.
The Dutchman was asked at the beginning of the news conference if he had communicated with the club’s owners since the PSV game.
“We’ve had the same conversations since I’ve been here,” he said.
“We fight on. And 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.”
Slot admitted Liverpool’s standards had dropped but said he was not disappointed by his players.
“We think we can play better than we do,” he said. “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.
“And if the opposite is happening, we should also look at the team and not at the individuals.”
