Slot Provides Zero Justifications and Pledges to Find Route Out of Malaise

Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield league fixtures against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

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