Arne Slot explains Liverpool changes in Nottingham Forest loss - 'Then it was brave, now probably stupid'

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Goals from Murillo, Nicola Savona and Morgan Gibbs-Whites saw the Reds suffer their joint-worst defeat in Premier League history.The reigning Premier League champions have now lost six of their last seven matches in the English top-flight, and eight from their last 11 in all competitions, with their wretched run of form seeing them drop to 11th in the table.Their hand has not been helped by injuries, with Slot required to select Dominik Szoboszlai out of position at right-back for the loss to Forest after being left without both Conor Bradley and Jeremie Frimpong.READ MORE: Arne Slot takes responsibility for Liverpool form after 'very, very bad' lossWith Savona doubling Forest’s lead shortly after the restart, Slot sent on Hugo Ekitike in place of IIbrahima Konate as Ryan Gravenberch dropped into defence, while the Liverpool head coach switched to a 3-3-4 formation late on only to see Gibbs-White wrap up the victory seconds later.Speaking after the game, Slot admitted such decisions were risky and had ultimately not paid off as the Reds tried and failed to find a way back into the game.“We had to start the game with a midfielder at right full-back because both of our right full-backs are injured,” he explained.“Joe Gomez is a player who can also play there but trained the whole week, but I don’t think he was fully ready to start the game.“And when you’re 2-0 down, in my opinion it is not really necessary to bring on a defender. Normally you prefer to bring on players who can score a goal.“After I took Ibou off, indeed we played with two midfielders in our last line.

That’s true, but we also needed goals.“That’s why I brought in Hugo Ekitike for Ibou, to bring a player in who can score a goal. Just before we conceded 3-0, I went to a 3-3-4 because I didn’t feel we were able to create a lot after my first substitution.“If you score a goal in this stadium, something can happen.

So you need something, you need a goal, you need something to happen.“But after my first substitution with Hugo, I don’t think we created a lot. I thought, with 2-0 down, let’s take an extra risk.“But that didn’t work out really well because two seconds later we were 3-0 down.”He continued: “I think we ended up a lot of times on our sides with Cody (Gakpo) and with Mo (Mohamed Salah).