Slot Offers Zero Justifications and Vows to Plot Way Out of Slump

Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a sixth 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' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient reasons 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 offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”