Liverpool's Manager Offers No Excuses and Pledges to Find Route Out of Malaise

Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side contended the defender's opener should have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

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

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot introduced multiple attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”