Liverpool's Manager Provides Zero Justifications and Pledges to Plot Route From Slump

Arne Slot stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a sixth loss in seven English top-flight games at home against Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”