Liverpool's Manager Offers No Excuses and Pledges to Plot Route From Slump

Arne Slot declared he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to create chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow go in.”