Arne Slot backed himself to drag Liverpool out of their ruinous run of form, insisting that the repetitive sequence of events behind their damning collapse “will not continue throughout the whole season.”
The Dutch boss didn’t appear to be quite so defiant while he was in the process of watching Nottingham Forest stroll to a deserved 3–0 victory at Anfield on Saturday afternoon. After finding themselves on the wrong side of the same scoreline against Manchester City earlier this month, it is the first time Liverpool have suffered consecutive league defeats by three goals or more since April 1965.
