Slot Provides No Excuses and Vows to Plot Route From Slump

Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach introduced several attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”