Liverpool's Manager Offers Zero Justifications and Pledges to Find Way From Malaise

Arne Slot stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient excuses 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 introduced multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the opening half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

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