The "Red Army" Liverpool will travel to challenge the "Bees" Brentford in the new round of the Premier League. Coach Slaughter said at the press conference that the tacit understanding between the players is still in the process of being established, and he is not worried about whether Salah can score for the team again.

In the earlier Champions League, Liverpool defeated Frankfurt 5-1 after being in the lead thanks to goals from Ekitik, Van Dijk, Konate, Gakpo and Soboslai. Wirtz also contributed two assists in this key game.

Liverpool manager Slot said: "I think this topic is quite interesting because Wirtz's second assist was recorded as an 'assist', while his performance in the game against Manchester United was not counted as a participation in the goal, but I think his performance in the Manchester United game was more difficult. As for the assist for the fourth goal in the 5-1 game against Frankfurt, it was indeed very good. I think his performance throughout the game made me and the Liverpool fans satisfied."

"We've seen this kind of performance many times, but things are always viewed this way. If we lose a game, even if we do the same things as when we win, the outside world will focus on the negatives. On the contrary, if we win 5-1 and most of the goals come from set pieces, people will praise the players for their wonderful attacking play. I have said many times that the chances we created in open play against Manchester United and Frankfurt were actually similar. The difference is that this time we didn't concede a set piece, but instead scored from it."

Although Liverpool has achieved positive results in the Champions League, Slaughter's team has lost to their opponents in three consecutive games in the Premier League, including a 1-2 loss to Manchester United at home in the 8th round. They are currently ranked third in the standings with 15 points.

Sloter said, "I think this period has been difficult for all of us. Both veterans and new players are not used to losing. We won seven games in a row at the beginning of the season. When we lost for the first time, it was difficult for everyone, let alone losing two, three or even four games in a row."

"I don't know if it's because of sharpness, it's hard to pinpoint the cause. All players miss chances, and Salah is human. We're not used to seeing him miss chances in consecutive games, but it happens in football. Maybe it's because of the situation, like when you're leading 3-1, it's easier to take chances. But if you're trailing 0-1, the psychological pressure is different, but that's just speculation."

Lineup changes may have an impact

"The point is, Salah has been scoring goals for the club and the last thing I worry about is whether Salah can start scoring goals again because that's what he has done throughout his career and I'm sure he will continue to do that for us in the coming weeks and months."

In addition, when asked whether the lineup changes have affected Salah's performance, Slote said, "It may have an impact, maybe not because of the change in the right-back position, because he has almost partnered with Alexander-Arnold throughout his Liverpool career. As others have said, he still appears in threatening positions many times. But in general, when a team goes through a lot of personnel changes in the summer, everyone needs to rebuild their tacit understanding, and this process often has ups and downs."

"Salah is no exception, he is also a human being, and this may have something to do with his performance. But as we can see now, ideally we would like to send out the same lineup for every game, but this is not realistic for a team that plays a game every three days. Because Frimpong and Connor Bradley have been injured many times, McAllister also missed the pre-season training, and the same is true for Isaac. So, this may be one of the reasons why we have not been able to maintain the same consistency as last season this season."