🔗 Share this article

Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games at home against Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach introduced multiple offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were able to generate chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”