'A Big Setback,': Liverpool Manager Arne Slot Condemns Team Performance as Nottingham Forest Win 1-0

In a Premier League game at Anfield, Liverpool lost shockingly 0-1 to Nottingham Forest. Callum Hudson-Odoi's goal in the 72nd minute was Forest's first victory at Anfield in 55 years. Liverpool had 14 shots with 5 on target, although it failed to translate the dominance into goals. Liverpool controlled possession with 70%. With thirty percent control and a strong defensive game, Nottingham Forest confirmed their position and guaranteed the win. Liverpool is behind Manchester City in the rankings by 3 points after this surprising loss.

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Arne Slot says Liverpool wasn’t good enough after the disappointing result against Nottingham Forest 

Good things do not last forever. Few saw Liverpool's positive outcome ending on Saturday.

Starting the English Premier League without conceding a goal, an unusual flawless run of three victories came to a startling end at Anfield as Nottingham Forest triumphed for the first time since 1969.

Forest had just two corners but Callum Hudson-Odoi curled a shot beyond Alisson's reach in the 72nd minute and it held up in a 1-0 triumph. Forest had 30% possession, three attempts on target — all after halftime.

Liverpool's attempt was sloppy; passes went wrong and touches were sometimes missed. The athletes seemed to have not seen one other two weeks.

Ten players were taken away by the international break, but manager Arne Slot stressed it was not an excuse.

“It's always difficult, but I don't think it had anything to do with it,” Slot said.

"Players came back strong and I saw today a team that wanted to fight until the end. That wasn't to do with energy.

"If you look at the goals we scored until now, we scored quite a few from transition moments from winning the ball back, but the other team (Forest) played over our press a lot with a lot of long balls.

“Too many individual performances in ball possession were not up to the standards that I'm used to from these players.”

Liverpool's best chance was its first when Luis Diaz shot against the near post and the ball ricocheted across the face of the goal.

The amount of possession Liverpool had made the result that much more pitiful for Slot.

"We had a lot of ball possession but only managed to create three or four quite good chances. That's by far not enough.

"If you have so much possession and play so much in their half we need to be much better. We lost the ball so many times in simple situations.

“It is a big setback. If you lose a home game that's always a setback.”

(With AP inputs)