Adam Clery Football Column. A newsletter that unpacks the absurdities and oddities of the beautiful gameThe ACFC newsletter: unpacking football’s absurditiesUnpack football’s oddities with the ACFC newsletterLiverpool head coach Arne Slot took full responsibility for a “very bad” sixth league defeat in seven matches with the 3-0 reverse to Nottingham Forest equalling their worst Premier League loss at Anfield.Murillo, Nicolo Savona and Morgan Gibbs-White scored as Forest recorded their biggest win at Anfield, inflicting Liverpool’s heaviest home defeat since losing 4-1 to Manchester City Chelsea and West Ham will be the only teams to have won by three goals in the Premier League’s era in 2021.“How bad that is difficult to measure but it was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result,” Slot is a term that has been used.“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses: you are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing.“I can never come up with excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”Slot insists he will stop the slide that has seen Liverpool lose eight of their 11 games in all competitions.“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have,” He added.“No matter if you win or lose, if you make a line-up or make substitutions when you look back you are also thinking ‘Where can we do better, where we can adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.“In my opinion it was a good start from us. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season.“We were able to create a lot and the first time they arrived in our box they scored a goal.“It is a very difficult cocktail to drink if you miss out on your own chances and every time you concede one the ball goes in.”Forest boss Sean Dyche, who has won three and drawn two of his six matches since replacing Ange Postecoglou, savoured the club’s second successive victory at Anfield but wanted it to be the benchmark for their climb up the table.“Last year this club used it as a catalyst. Of course it is to be enjoyed, it is for the fans and the players, but we have to go again,” he said.“Everything is not solved…
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