Liverpool's Manager Offers No Excuses and Vows to Find Way Out of Slump

Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach introduced several attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home league games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we allow go in.”