Liverpool's Manager Provides No Excuses and Vows to Find Way Out of Slump

Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games at home against Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

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

The team's display unravelled as the coach introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow go in.”