Arne Slot insists that his first loss as head coach was unrelated to his choice to start the same lineup for Liverpool.
Anfield was the site of Nottingham Forest’s 1-0 victory over the Reds. After beating Ipswich Town, Brentford, and Manchester United, Slot’s flawless start as manager came to an end.
Just before the international break, the second one was a 3-0 victory at Old Trafford. However, Alisson Becker, Alexis Mac Allister, and Luis Diaz all went to South America to participate in two international matches for their respective countries, making seven out of eleven starters who faced United play in two.
Callum Hudson-Odoi scored the game-winning goal for the visitors in the second half, although Liverpool played disappointingly and lacked imagination throughout the match against Forest. However, Slot maintains that his soldiers were not short of energy but rather suffered from a lack of supplies.
Despite how tough it is to say, the Reds’ head coach claimed that the incident was unrelated. The players made a terrific comeback, and I witnessed a team that was determined to fight until the very end today. We possessed the ball for long periods of time and needed to score when we had it, so I don’t think it had anything to do with energy. Quite a few of our goals up to this point have come during transitions, when we have won the ball back and then gone into that phase of play.
We generally received the ball in our last line because the opposite team frequently played long balls over our press. Furthermore, numerous players’ individual efforts while possession of the ball fell short of the expectations I have for them, so today’s performance was insufficient.