Arne Slot admits he feels “guilty” about Liverpool’s “ridiculous” run of form, which has derailed their Premier League title defence and increased the pressure on the Reds boss.
He also accepts that he still has to prove himself at Anfield, despite guiding the club to a record-equalling 20th league title last season.
Slot’s side suffered their sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches with a dismal 3-0 home loss to Nottingham Forest on Saturday, a result that has left Liverpool in the bottom half of the table and behind local rivals Everton.
Liverpool will hope for some respite on Wednesday evening when they host PSV Eindhoven in search of a fourth win in five matches in the Champions League league phase.
Arne Slot said: “To be honest, I didn’t expect myself to be in this situation with the way we go about it tactically and the quality of players we have. You would never have expected us to have lost so much.
“It is ridiculous, almost. Something I didn’t expect to be in, not at any club I worked at let alone if you manager of Liverpool. That is unbelievable. If you can find an excuse you will never find enough excuses to make you perform like this.
“For sure I take the responsibility and feel guilty for it. We’re busy working on it, I’m at a club where we are just used to being successful but there are times when we are not and then we are going to put that extra effort in.
“As coach I try to lead by example and work harder, being really well prepared, and that’s what our players do also. The team does everything we can.”
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