Slot Provides Zero Justifications and Vows to Plot Way Out of Malaise

Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning 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 losing. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot made several offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League games by Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”