Liverpool's Manager Offers No Excuses and Pledges to Find Way Out of Malaise

Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot introduced several attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”