Liverpool's Manager Provides Zero Justifications and Vows to Find Way Out of Slump

Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight games at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended 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 international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”