Liverpool's Manager Offers Zero Justifications and Vows to Plot Way Out of Malaise

Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City before the international break. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot introduced multiple attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were able to create chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”