Liverpool news: Crisis talks held as Arne Slot speaks out on 'damaging' issue

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Whilst the Reds closed to within two points of Aston Villa in fourth position, the Liverpool boss acknowledged that the team may come up short of their targets if they cannot address some of their persistent problems."Of course it is damaging but how many times has this been damaging for us (this season)?" he asked, "We don't help ourselves at all. It is so many times this season we have created much more xG or chances than the amount of goals we score."Usually in the Premier League you see a lot of teams outperforming their xG but that definitely is not what we are doing.

Then the game stays tight until the end and we struggle to keep clean sheets.Dominik Szoboszlai spoke openly after Liverpool's draw with Tottenham Hotspur (Image: Getty Images)"We haven't had as many clean sheets as you would want if you want to go higher up in the table. The midfielder also expressed his worries about the mood at Anfield ahead of their crucial match against Galatasaray."We had already a couple of weeks ago a talk between each other saying: 'Guys we don't have such a lot of time to do this right so we have to wake up and start to go in a way that we want to play Champions League next season'," Szoboszlai said.

Read our Privacy Policy"We have Galatasaray on Wednesday and that will be a tough game because we felt it there. Stick with us."Everyone is noticing that and when we concede a goal still people are leaving the stadium – you don't leave when we score.