Liverpool head coach Arne Slot says it is up to his players to find answers to opponents now playing a low block and using long balls to stifle his team.

The Premier League champions head to Brentford on Saturday night looking to end a recent run of three straight league defeats that have left them trailing leaders Arsenal by four points.

The most recent setback came against arch-rivals Man Utd at Anfield on Sunday, after which Slot highlighted how the visitors had changed tactics by playing five at the back and employing Mason Mount as a lone striker, while also making frequent use of the long ball.

Slot said how most teams now set up in a 5-4-1 formation while operating a low block when facing his side.

"The main difference between this season and last season is the playing styles we face," Slot said in his pre-match press conference ahead of the trip to the Gtech, where the visitors are also likely to have to deal with a long-ball barrage.

"I've looked when we had a few days off at how many long balls we already had to defend - 178 in seven games and then United came and we had...