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Liverpool just needs to stay calm and better results will come. That is the view of the former Manchester United coach Rene Meulensteen, who knows Arne Slot well.
After a run of four games on the spin where Liverpool has lost, the Reds are back in Champions League action later today, facing Eintracht Frankfurt. And having lost to Galatasaray last time out, there is some pressure to get back to winning ways.
"I have high respect for Arne because I've known him for so long. He won't change," Meulensteen told Casino Hawks. "He'll be the same: very measured and very honest in his opinion and observations.
"He doesn't make things worse than they really are because he knows they are playing some really good football and creating chances — they just don't put them in the back of the net.
"Last year, sometimes you catch a wave, you catch a flow, and everything that you hit goes in. Now they're hitting a wave that goes against them.
"You have to ride the wave, turn around, and jump back on it. But that can only be done by not changing anything.
"As I said, he's very measured in his comments — they all make sense. He has a natural calmness about him, and that is exactly what you need within the club to reassure the players.
"Yes, we brought in a few new players. Yes, they need a little bit of time. How can we fix it? We fix it on the training ground.
"Work hard, keep working hard, keep buying in, keep doing the things that we ask you to do, and eventually, we'll click. And again, there might only be one win.
"Do you remember when Jurgen Klopp had a spell at Liverpool when they really got off the rails because there was a little bit of mental fatigue kicking in, and Virgil van Dijk was injured?
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"They managed to turn it around in-house, no worries. You always know that if you lose games with the expectations that Liverpool has, you create noise.
"But that's from the outside. You need to make sure that when we're in, it stays nice and calm.
"Don't start pointing fingers at each other. Just point fingers at the issues that need to be addressed, work at it, improve it, and move on."
Liverpool.com says: If the Reds' attackers can start firing, with Alexander Isak and Mohamed Salah both struggling for form, things will change quickly for Slot. Liverpool is creating lots of chances, but also missing them, and that is adding extra pressure to defensive errors, which have been far too frequent.
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