Slot Provides Zero Justifications and Pledges to Find Route From Slump

Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten 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 your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable 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 to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home league fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to generate chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”