Liverpool manager Arne Slot insists he hasn't lost the dressing room as he attempts to navigate the club out of the worst run of results in 70 years.
Nine defeats in 12 matches – and six in seven in the league – makes Sunday’s trip to West Ham hugely significant as the defending champions try to arrest their slide.
The 4-1 home defeat to PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League was the latest in a string of poor results, but the Dutchman says the players are still listening.
"It is very difficult to get a message across when I’m on the sideline but before (the game) and during half-time I think the message comes across to them," he added.
"If I see how we create our chances it is a lot of the things we train on and what is in the meeting but unfortunately it doesn’t lead to goals and that is difficult for them, for me, for everyone.
"But the message that comes across is very clear from me from the way we generate our chances."
While the negativity surrounding the club grows with every adverse result, Slot is trying to put a positive spin on the brief moments when things do go right.
"It would also be nice if we would reward ourselves in the moments we play well because people are very focused, and correctly, about the parts we don’t play well," he said.
"There are definitely large parts of the games that we do play well and do create a lot of chances – we tend to forget to reward ourselves in those moments.
"Every small mistake, or small error, immediately leads to us conceding a goal."
