Liverpool's Manager Provides Zero Justifications and Pledges to Plot Way From Malaise

Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight games at home to Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”