Liverpool fell quick in a single key space of their defeat to Nottingham Forest, and it was “not of the requirements” that Arne Slot has turn into used to from his squad.
The Reds’ return from the worldwide break was one to overlook. They’d sufficient of the ball – 70 p.c, to be precise – however might do little with it.
They created an xG of simply 0.87 and managed 5 pictures on the right track, 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 loads of ball possession however solely managed to create three, 4 fairly good probabilities.
“That’s by far not sufficient if in case you have a lot possession, when you play a lot of their half. We must be significantly better.
“We misplaced the ball so many instances in easy conditions. That, I believe, is the primary story from the sport; ball possession not ok.”
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 brilliant begin, and Slot famous it was compounded by the extent of opposition – although you will need to state he meant no disrespect.
“It’s a massive setback. Should you lose a house recreation, that’s all the time a setback,” the Dutchman stated.
“Perhaps [Forest] will go all the way in which to battle for Champions League tickets, however, usually, this crew will not be ending within the high 10, so when you lose in opposition to them it’s a massive disappointment.
“I need to see the identical angle each single day after an enormous win, draw or loss. It’s simply exit to work once more tomorrow and analyse what we did nicely and what we didn’t do nicely.”
We don’t have to attend lengthy for the response because the Reds journey to the San Siro on Tuesday night time.
Liverpool 0-1 Forest
