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

Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven Premier League games on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City before the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current losses. 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 results we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach made several offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”