Liverpool fell brief in a single key space of their defeat to Nottingham Forest, and it was “not of the requirements” that Arne Slot has change into used to from his squad.
The Reds’ return from the worldwide break was one to overlook. That they had sufficient of the ball – 70 p.c, to be precise – however may do little with it.
They created an xG of simply 0.87 and managed 5 photographs on course, and it was the shortcoming to make their time in possession depend that irked Slot.
In his post-match press convention, he defined: “The one factor we had affect on was ball possession.
“We had a whole lot of ball possession however solely managed to create three, 4 fairly good possibilities.
“That’s by far not sufficient in case you have a lot possession, when you play a lot of their half. We must be a lot better.
“We misplaced the ball so many instances in easy conditions. That, I feel, is the principle story from the sport; ball possession not adequate.”
He later added: “Too many particular person performances in ball possession weren’t of the requirements that I’m used to from these gamers.”
Slot definitely will get to the purpose, doesn’t he? We definitely don’t thoughts in cases like this.
It’s an pointless setback for Liverpool after such a vibrant begin, and Slot famous it was compounded by the extent of opposition – although it is very important state he meant no disrespect.
“It’s a huge setback. When you lose a house sport, that’s at all times a setback,” the Dutchman stated.
“Possibly [Forest] will go all the way in which to combat for Champions League tickets, however, usually, this workforce is just not ending within the prime 10, so when you lose towards them it’s a huge disappointment.
“I wish to see the identical perspective each single day after a giant win, draw or loss. It’s simply exit to work once more tomorrow and analyse what we did effectively and what we didn’t do effectively.”
We should not have to attend lengthy for the response because the Reds journey to the San Siro on Tuesday evening.