Arne Slot takes responsibility for Liverpool form after 'very, very bad' loss

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And asked how bad the afternoon was for his side, Arne Slot said: “How bad that is difficult to measure but it was very bad.READ MORE: Virgil van Dijk reacts to 'very bad' Nottingham Forest loss and Liverpool supporters leaving early“Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result.“Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. 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.”Liverpool now have a negative goal difference and have conceded 20 goals in their opening 12 Premier League games, their worst such record since 1992.They have also suffered back-to-back league defeats by a margin of three goals or more for the first time since 1965.Slot, though, is adamant he can guide the Reds back to the form that saw them romp to the championship just six months ago.“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have,” said the Liverpool boss.

“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.“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 enough excuses for us to have the results we have.

That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”Slot added: “It is my responsibility if we win or lose. What I also see is the team – and the fans stayed until the end – keep on trying until the end.“It wasn't at (Manchester) City – we were not the only team to struggle in the first half at City – but in every other game we have played we have been the dominant team and were able to create chances.“Lately it is almost constantly we miss our chances and then we concede – that will not continue all season but we need to have that moment of energy of scoring a goal.“If you are playing well and score a goal to go 1-0 up the other teams feels, ‘we have played half-an-hour now and we are 1-0 and have hardly seen the ball’.“But the opposite thing happened: they got a big energy boost from scoring 1-0.