Liverpool 'rung up Arne Slot's replacement' while he watched Leeds vs Aston Villa

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Arne Slot watched on as Liverpool suffered a 3-0 drubbing at the hands of Nottingham Forest on Saturday to mark a second consecutive Premier League loss, before ditching an awards ceremonyGary McAllister was called up to accept an award on Arne Slot's behalf on Sunday, just as he was watching Leeds United's clash with Aston Villa. Haven't seen us creating so much in the first half-hour of a game maybe throughout the whole season - I'm not sure because I don't remember every single game now, but we were able to create a lot."And the first time they arrived in our box, they scored a goal and it's a very difficult cocktail to drink, or to have.

If you miss out on your own chances, then almost every time you concede one the ball goes in."When asked if he believes he can lead Liverpool out of their current slump, he added: "It's my responsibility. Like I said, lately it's almost constantly that we miss our chances and the ones go in that we concede, but that will never continue throughout the whole season."But we need to have that moment of energy of scoring a goal.

If you are playing well and you go 1-0 up then the other team feels like, 'We've played here half and hour now and we're 1-0 down, and we've hardly seen the ball.' But the opposite thing happened, they got a big, big, big energy boost from scoring 1-0."I see a lot of things where in a 'normal' situation the result would have been different, but we are now in a difficult situation and then you need to do even more to get your results in than when things are going in your favour."Following Saturday's result, Liverpool languish at 11th in the Premier League standings, 11 points off league leaders, Arsenal. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.Sky Sports discounted Premier League and EFL packageThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.