Arne Slot hasn’t held again together with his criticism of Liverpool’s gamers following their shock 1-0 defeat at dwelling to Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
Callum Hudson-Odoi pounced within the 72nd minute to grow to be the primary participant to attain towards Slot’s Liverpool, whereas Forest are the primary group to take any factors off them this season.
The defeat got here regardless of the Reds dominating the sport with 70% possession and 14 photographs tried, in comparison with simply 5 photographs from Forest.
BBC pundit Chris Sutton described the defeat as the tip of the ‘honeymoon interval’ for Slot at Anfield, with the Dutchman now nicely conscious of what’s required to get Liverpool again on observe as title challengers.
Arne Slot reacts to shock Liverpool defeat
Slot himself has given a really trustworthy evaluation of his gamers’ misgivings on Saturday.
The previous Feyenoord boss has bemoaned a scarcity of high quality probability creation regardless of Liverpool’s dominance, whereas he was additionally sad with how his aspect performed in possession of the ball.
“The outcome frustrates probably the most and we can’t be blissful about how the sport went. It was a stop-start sport and we hardly created any possibilities,” Slot mentioned (by way of BBC Sport).
“We solely have to take a look at ourselves, we have now to be higher. Far too many instances we misplaced the ball across the space, it was not ok. Now we have to be higher with the ball.
“Our selections and execution wasn’t ok. On the whole, we defended fairly nicely however the two quick gamers got here on and made it troublesome. We took lots of threat and in the long run, it was an excellent aim.”
Up subsequent for Liverpool is a visit to Italian giants AC Milan within the Champions League on Tuesday.
