Arne Slot hasn’t held again together with his criticism of Liverpool’s gamers following their shock 1-0 defeat at house to Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
Callum Hudson-Odoi pounced within the 72nd minute to turn out to be the primary participant to attain in opposition to Slot’s Liverpool, whereas Forest are the primary workforce to take any factors off them this season.
The defeat got here regardless of the Reds dominating the sport with 70% possession and 14 photographs tried, in comparison with simply 5 photographs from Forest.
BBC pundit Chris Sutton described the defeat as the tip of the ‘honeymoon interval’ for Slot at Anfield, with the Dutchman now nicely conscious of what’s required to get Liverpool again on monitor as title challengers.
Arne Slot reacts to shock Liverpool defeat
Slot himself has given a really trustworthy evaluation of his gamers’ misgivings on Saturday.
The previous Feyenoord boss has bemoaned an absence of high quality probability creation regardless of Liverpool’s dominance, whereas he was additionally sad with how his aspect performed in possession of the ball.
“The consequence frustrates probably the most and we can’t be pleased about how the sport went. It was a stop-start recreation and we hardly created any possibilities,” Slot mentioned (through BBC Sport).
“We solely have to have a look at ourselves, we now have to be higher. Far too many instances we misplaced the ball across the space, it was not adequate. We’ve to be higher with the ball.
“Our selections and execution wasn’t adequate. Generally, we defended fairly nicely however the two quick gamers got here on and made it troublesome. We took quite a lot of threat and ultimately, it was an excellent aim.”
Up subsequent for Liverpool is a visit to Italian giants AC Milan within the Champions League on Tuesday.
