Arne Slot has admitted he feels guilty about Liverpool's “ridiculous” slump, a collapse that no one at the club envisaged, and said he must prove himself to everyone at Anfield on a daily basis. The manager is dealing with the worst run of his career after Nottingham Forest inflicted a sixth defeat in seven Premier League games on the champions on Saturday.
Slot revealed the predicament has stunned the entire club. “Ridiculous, almost. Something I didn’t expect to be in, not at any club I worked at let alone if you are the manager of Liverpool,” he said. The Dutchman cancelled an appearance at the Northern Football Writers’ Association awards ceremony on Sunday to work on a solution.
Virgil van Dijk said Liverpool were “in a mess” and questioned whether every player was taking responsibility. Cody Gakpo described the 3-0 home defeat to Forest as “a kind of embarrassment”. The forward added: “After the game it was a kind of embarrassment … we tried to speak together and be honest with each other.”
Liverpool host PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League on Wednesday. Slot emphasised the need to prove himself daily, saying: “You cannot say: 'We won the league', or 'We did this or that' and now it’s OK. You have to prove yourself every single time.”
