Arne Slot makes Aston Villa admission as he says Liverpool 'exactly the opposite'

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Incredibly, they're the first team in English top-flight history to win their opening five matches of a season and then lose the following four.While no team in the Premier League is currently on a longer losing streak than Liverpool (four matches), no team is on a longer winning streak than Villa (also four). The Villans could make history as only the second team in top-flight history to fail to win any of their first five games of a season and then win five consecutively - following Preston North End in 1936–37.While many might believe that Villa's best shot at a result against Liverpool on Saturday night lies in direct football and long balls, Slot was quick to point out other threats.

This was evident in their impressive victory over Manchester City last weekend."Chelsea played their game, playing it out from the back, and we didn't win that one as well," Slot commented when asked about potentially dealing with fewer long balls against Villa and then Man City."Again, when people ask me after the game, 'why was it difficult?' I will try to explain why it was difficult. People don't ask me to come up with excuses, and then I give an answer."I try to explain why a match is difficult, and it was only for the first time after Manchester United because the games before that, I felt a little bit stupid to say so because I wasn't 100 per cent sure if everyone was already noticing what we were noticing."I underestimate a lot of analysts throughout the country, but if it happens after the 10th game, and nine of them were focused on long balls, it is fair that if you ask me, 'why was it difficult?' - without opening the eyes of the opponents."These two teams we face now use the ball more out from the back, but they are also really good at it.

If you don't win in the beginning, people may talk about not having the same team as last season, but then they start to win, and then everything is very positive again."Whereas with us, it is exactly the opposite. That did not come as a surprise because even in the games they lost before, you could already see the signs that they are a very good team."Their playing signs are very good, and normally - although the run with us is quite long - every time you lose a game but create more chances than the other team, they decided not to make a habit out of that."Let's hope we don't make a habit out of having more chances than the opponent, but not win."Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content.