The Liverpool Porne Slot manager gave his thoughts to the media after the 3-0 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest.
The red season is going from bad to worse at the moment, we have joined the slot’s side with some really sloppy goals and now sit all the way up the Premier League table.
Slot admitted it was a “very bad” result and insisted he had to take responsibility for the team’s recent form.
See below for all the names of Slot’s Post-Match Press Conference…
Arne Slot’s Post Liverpool Vs Nottingham Forest Press Conference in full
On board…
It’s bad [the result is]that is hard to measure, but it was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0, no matter which team you are facing, yes, a very, very bad result. It’s unexpected when you look at the first hour of the game [because] in my opinion [it was] A good start for us. [I] You haven’t seen us build so much in the first half hour of the game maybe all season.
I’m not sure because I don’t remember every single game now, but we were able to create a lot. The first time they come to our box, they score and it is very difficult to refuse to drink them, or to have them, if you miss your chances and every time you enter.
Having players out of position…
We had to start the game with midfield on the right back because both Fulls were brought back and injured. Joe Gomez is also a player who can play there but he has not trained all week. I don’t think he is completely ready to start this game. When you are 2-0 down it is not, in my opinion, really necessary to bring in a defender. Usually you choose, at least that’s what I do, you choose to bring in players who can get a goal.
After I took Ibou [Konate] Off, we actually played with two middle players in our last lane. That is true, but we also needed goals. That’s why I brought Hugo Ekitike to IBOU to bring a player where he can get a goal and just before we did 3-30, I went to 3-3-4 because I didn’t feel it after replacing me. I know, we know, you probably know a lot better than I do, but I’ve been here for one-and-a-half years now and if you find a goal in this forum it’s possible. You need a goal and you need something to happen and after my first installation with Hugo I don’t think we are building much. I thought with 2-0 down let’s take more risk but that didn’t go anywhere well because two seconds later we were 3-0 down.
In the first goal of the forest …
During the game, people told me that he was in a side position, so I wasn’t worried at all. Was he in our situation, that he is 100 percent sure? Then I have to see it back. Because I immediately felt that he was on the side, I did not look at what the line of sight was. Now, I never had time to see it back, if he was in the line of sight. I have seen three goals this season, against Atletico [Madrid] two and by contrast [Eintracht] Frankfurt One, that was more in the goalkeeper’s line of sight than what we scored on [Manchester] The city, but I think there is no one – someone who wants to hear from me now talking about tricky decisions.
If you lose 3-0 against Forest it should be first of all I watch myself and my team instead. It shows you how a set piece or a goal can change the momentum and can change the game because before we conceded 1-0, I was just waiting for a goal. After that, we didn’t create any more chances.
In changing things around…
It’s my job. If we win or lose, it’s my job. But what I see is the team and, by the way, our fans for staying until the end, supporting the team until the end and the players keep trying until the end. What I saw today, but it wasn’t in the city – and in the city we weren’t the only attacking team in the first half – and in every other game we played, we were the dominant team and we were able to create chances.
Like I said, lately it’s almost always that we miss our chances and go in when we concede, but that won’t continue all month. We need to have that moment of power to hit the goal. If you play well and go 1-0 up, the other team feels, ‘We’ve played for half an hour now and we seem to see the ball…’ The opposite thing happened – they get a big, big boost, they get a 1-0 boost. I see many things where the general result of the idea would be different, but now we are in a difficult situation and you need to do more to get your results.
“In the way” of Liverpool …
Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. I think it doesn’t matter if you win or lose, if you make a line and if you make a substitution and when you look back you always think about it, ‘Where can we do it better? Where can we change? ‘ But that is beyond doubt.
I want to emphasize more about the fact that I am responsible for the current loss. You are responsible when you win, but you are also skilled when you lose. Even though you asked me that question, not to talk about refereeing decisions or other excuses, I will never come up with enough suspicions to have the results we have. That is far enough and I am responsible for that.
On the actor …
I do not think so. It’s hard for me to hear what they feel. But when I look at the way we finish these chances, I don’t see a player who lacks confidence or hesitates. For example, one of the macca [Alexis Mac Allister]I think you hit it pretty well though [it was] well protected as well. No, I don’t think it’s a problem. But it’s hard for me to judge because I’m not there at that moment. The only thing I can see is that we are building and finishing is expected, but the blocks and savings are also of quality.
Introducing from the bench…
I don’t think we fought for that. I think we kept many, many, many times on our side with cody [Gakpo] and in Mo [Salah]but we struggled to create a chance [from] that because they were defending with too many players inside and in their box. Then if you have tried for 75 minutes with three defenders and three attackers – although the defenders were not partners, but who was that idea, but I am also responsible for replacing that, so that I am responsible for replacing that, so that I am responsible for replacing that. What I did last season, took IBou off and brought on Diogo Jota and one minute later – away from the jungle, I mean – we got 1-1. Then, it was brave. Now, maybe it’s silly.
