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

Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking 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 team, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot introduced multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League games against Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps 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 all other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”