Arne Slot gave a sometimes blunt evaluation of Liverpool’s defeat to Nottingham Forest on Saturday, his first loss in control of the Reds.
Callum Hudson-Odoi scored within the 72nd minute to earn the guests all three factors, and it was a day which noticed the house facet create valuable little at Anfield regardless of having 14 pictures.
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The LFC boss didn’t pull any punches along with his post-match verdict, saying (through Night Customary): “The outcome frustrates essentially the most, and we can’t be glad about how the sport went. It was a stop-start sport and we hardly created any probabilities.
“We solely have to take a look at ourselves; we have now to be higher. Far too many occasions, we misplaced the ball across the space. It was not adequate. We’ve got to be higher with the ball.
“Our choices and execution wasn’t adequate. Generally, we defended fairly effectively, however the two quick gamers [Hudson-Odoi and Anthony Elanga] got here on and made it tough. We took quite a lot of dangers and ultimately it was an excellent objective.”
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It’s good to see that Slot wasn’t making an attempt to deflect from what was, fairly frankly, a substandard efficiency from Liverpool and a actuality test after a beforehand excellent begin to the season.
Regardless of having virtually thrice as many pictures as Forest and 70% possession (Sofascore), the house facet by no means actually threatened within the second half, with Luis Diaz’s shot off the publish within the first 45 minutes the closest we got here to scoring.
Even when the guests slowed the sport down at occasions, they have been inside their rights to take action when the tactic was working, and the onus was on LFC to interrupt them down. Because the Dutchman referenced, his staff have been bafflingly sloppy within the ultimate third, making the unsuitable resolution or executing passes poorly far too typically.
The window for a debrief isn’t intensive, with Liverpool travelling to Italy to face AC Milan of their Champions League opener in simply three days’ time.
Slot has overtly acknowledged that his facet have been nowhere close to their greatest right now, so hopefully we’ll see the specified response on the pitch on the San Siro on Tuesday. One factor is for sure – he gained’t settle for a repeat of what we witnessed this afternoon.
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