Liverpool's Manager Provides No Excuses and Pledges to Plot Way From Malaise

Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in 7 Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”