Liverpool's Manager Provides Zero Justifications and Vows to Plot Route Out of Slump

Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus City before the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to create chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”