Slot Offers No Excuses and Pledges to Find Route From Malaise

Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach introduced multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “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, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening half-hour maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”