Liverpool's Manager Offers No Excuses and Pledges to Find Route From Slump

Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games at home against Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players 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 different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot introduced several offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow go in.”