Slot Provides Zero Justifications and Pledges to Plot Route From Malaise

Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against City before the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow go in.”