Liverpool's Manager Provides No Excuses and Pledges to Plot Way From Slump

Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in seven Premier League games at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role first and my squad, 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 hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting 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 losing. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”