Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the champions’ slump.
Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone 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 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.
“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.
“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.
“I want to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”
Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot introduced several attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 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 back-to-back league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.
The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.
“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we allow go in.”
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