Liverpool's Manager Provides Zero Justifications and Pledges to Plot Route Out of Slump

Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot made several offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

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