Liverpool's Manager Provides No Excuses and Pledges to Find Way From Slump

Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach made several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home league fixtures against Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent 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 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were able to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”