🔗 Share this article

Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City before the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different 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 never come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot made multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. 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 maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”