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

Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight games at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you win 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 questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach made several offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home league games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”