**Liverpool**lost 3-0 to Nottingham Forest at Anfield, and Arne Slot is under scrutiny.
He started Dominik Szoboszlai as a right back, threw on a forward for a central defender after 55 minutes, and still saw his men fail to break down the defence of a team who had been 19th in the table.
It is easy to jump down the throat of every decision the Dutchman makes, and he tried to defend himself while accepting responsibility for a fifth defeat from the team’s last six league fixtures.
“We had to start the game with a midfielder at right full-back because both of our full-backs are injured. Joe Gomez is also a player who can play there but hasn't trained the whole week. I don't think he was fully ready to start this game.
“When you're 2-0 down it's not, in my opinion, really necessary to bring in a defender. Normally you prefer, at least that's what I also do, you prefer to bring in players that can score a goal.
“After I took Ibrahima Konaté off, indeed we played with two midfielders in our last line. That's true, but we also needed goals. That's why I brought Hugo Ekitike in for Ibou to bring a player in who can score a goal and just before we conceded the 3-0, I went to a 3-3-4 because I didn't feel after my first substitution we were able to create a lot.
*“It's difficult for me to feel what they feel. If I look at the way we finish these chances, I don't see a player lacking confidence or is hesitating. For example, the one for Macca [**Alexis Mac Allister*], I think he hits it perfectly but [it was] defended perfectly as well. No, I don't think that's an issue.
“But it's difficult for me to judge because I'm not there in that moment. The only thing I can see is that we do create and the finishing is as expected, but the blocks and the saves are also of quality.
“If you've tried for 75 minutes with four defenders, three midfielders and three attackers - although the defenders were midfielders, but that comes from injuries - then the idea was, but again I'm responsible for that, to make an offensive substitution. Which I did last season as well, took Ibou off and brought Diogo Jota in and one minute later - away at Forest, I mean - we scored the 1-1.
“Then, it was brave. Now, it is probably stupid.”