Liverpool's Manager Offers Zero Justifications and Vows to Find Way Out of Slump

Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot introduced multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

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