Liverpool's Manager Offers No Excuses and Pledges to Plot Route Out of Slump

Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City before the international break. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot made multiple attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were able to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”