Slot Offers Zero Justifications and Pledges to Plot Way From Slump

Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games at home against Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ 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 responsible when you are losing. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire 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 every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”