Slot Offers Zero Justifications and Vows to Plot Way From Slump

Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 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 change the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot introduced several offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising 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 first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to generate chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”