Slot Offers Zero Justifications and Vows to Plot Route From Slump

Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable 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 display unravelled as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we allow go in.”