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

Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

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

The team's performance unravelled as Slot introduced several attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”