🔗 Share this article

Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a 6th loss in seven English top-flight games at home to Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City before the international break. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot introduced several offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”