Arne Slot defends Liverpool approach and makes transfer statement - 'I'm almost annoyed'

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Arne Slot has hit out at those who criticise Liverpool's style of playArne Slot has dismissed criticism of Liverpool's approach to games as he reiterated there will be no change to the club's transfer policy this summer.The Reds have come under renewed scrutiny after a below-par display when losing 2-1 at rock-bottom Wolves in the Premier League on Tuesday evening.Slot's side have had a propensity for starting games slowly this season and have scored only three first-half goals away in the top-flight this season.They only began to create regular opportunities at Molineux once they went behind in the 78th minute, but still lost despite Mohamed Salah's equaliser five minutes later after the game became massively stretched.READ MORE: Florian Wirtz could make Liverpool return at Wolves as Arne Slot delivers positive injury newsREAD MORE: Arne Slot press conference LIVE - Florian Wirtz injury news, Wolves return, Liverpool team newsAnd Slot bristled when asked why Liverpool couldn't have taken a more attack-based approach from the first whistle."It's not the perfect word to use because it's not what I feel, but I'm almost annoyed if you say 'that approach' because the approach is no different," said the Reds boss."The approach is we want to have the ball as much as possible and want to have it back as soon as possible."We always press high and when we have the ball we try to attack. In the final part when we have the ball in the same position, it leads to chances that didn't happen in the first half or first 80 minutes."That's not down to approach, we don't approach the game by saying in the first 70 minutes we don't want the ball and we don't want to attack."We do.

There's no difference in the approach."If you mean I approach it like 'let's stay calm and let's wait, wait'. That's what you see in the game."We bring enough players forward but that we're not able to create a lot of chances with all the ball possession is not something new to me.

"We signed such great players but some of them needed some time to adapt and some of them have mainly been injured."Adaptation you can predict because that's what we knew, but that some signings and some others got some long-term injuries isn't something you can predict."It's the model that we don't have 25 players over here. We have a different model over here.