Liverpool's Manager Offers No Excuses and Vows to Find Route Out of Malaise

Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League games at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players 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 make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

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

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach introduced several attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we concede go in.”