Liverpool's Manager Offers Zero Justifications and Vows to Plot Route From Slump

Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches at home to Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven matches 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 disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are responsible 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 good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach introduced multiple offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”