Arne Slot admits Liverpool's loss to Nottingham Forest is 'big setback'

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot bemoaned his side's lack of chance creation in Saturday's 1-0 loss at home to Nottingham Forest.

Slot tasted defeat for the first time as Reds boss, with his men falling at home to Nuno Espirito Santo's side.

Callum Hudson-Odoi came off the bench to score the only goal of a game in which the hosts dominated possession, but were unable to turn that territorial advantage into meaningful opportunities.

Liverpool were in formidable form prior to the international break, keeping clean sheets in all three of their wins, including a memorable 3-0 thrashing of rivals Manchester United.

But Slot has admitted this blow will hit his side hard.

When asked if this is a major setback to Liverpool's 'process', the Dutchman replied: "Not to the process, but it is a big setback

"If you lose a home game it's always a setback, especially if you face a team...we never know, maybe they will go all the way to fight for Champions League tickets, but normally this team is not ending up in the top 10, so if you lose a game against them that’s a big disappointment. Although, they were organised and structured really well today.

"I want to see the same attitude every single day: after a big win, after a small win, after a draw, after a loss. It is just to go out to work again tomorrow, analyse what we did well and what we didn't do well.

"There were enough things we could improve from the Man United game, that’s also what we showed them. We showed them also a few good things, and that’s going to be the same tomorrow and the day after.

"But this is a different game than the ones we’ve played until now because we faced a low block, the team we faced played really low and as a result of that we had a lot of ball possession but we were not able to create a lot."

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