Arne Slot is making 'bad excuses' for Liverpool's dire form because it is their job to adapt, says Rio Ferdinand.
Slot has admitted that Liverpool struggle against a direct, aerial style of football and that they lag behind when it comes to winning duels and second balls.
Their alarming slump has seen them lose four Premier League games on the bounce and slip from first to seventh in the Premier League, seven points behind frontrunners Arsenal.
'You want them [managers] to speak and be open, but if you're a Liverpool fan, [you're] going, "why is he speaking like this?