Slot Offers Zero Justifications and Vows to Find Way Out of Malaise

Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible 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 far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot made several offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical 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. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures against Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back league games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”