Liverpool yet again ended a game with arguably too many attackers on the pitch and not much cohesion, but Arne Slot has defended his substitutions.Slot reached perhaps his lowest moment yet as the Reds’ head coach on Saturday, with Nottingham Forest easing to a 3-0 win at Anfield.By the time the game ended, Liverpool had Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo, Federico Chiesa, Hugo Ekitike and Rio Ngumoha on the pitch, as well as Ryan Gravenberch at centre-back, in a desperate attempt to salvage something.• READ: CONFIRMED – Liverpool complete signing of right-back Calvin RamsaySlot was quick to defend his decisions in his post-match press conference, saying similarly attack-minded changes were lauded last season.“I don’t think we struggled with that (getting the ball into the attackers),” Slot said.“I think we ended up a lot, a lot, a lot of times on our side with Cody and with Mo, but we struggled to create a chance [from] that because they were defending with so many players in and around their box.“Then 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 (Konate) 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.“I went to a 3-3-4 because I didn’t feel after my first substitution, we were able to create a lot.“I thought with 2-0 down, let’s take an extra risk, but that didn’t work out really well because two seconds later we were 3-0 down.” Slot is right to stick up for himself at a time when the pressure on him is mounting, but his substitutions are feeling more bemusing by the game.Too often this season, the kitchen sink has been thrown at opponents when Liverpool are behind in matches, with any formation seemingly discarded.In the 2-1 loss at home to Man United, for example, Slot tried to make an attacking unit of Florian Wirtz, Salah, Gakpo, Chiesa and Ekitike work in the second half.Any semblance of a game plan was thrown away, and the match ultimately turned into a basketball game that United won.It feels like panic more than a measured approach, and Saturday’s loss to Forest felt particularly worrying.Slot is right in saying he adopted similar approaches last season and it paid off – the Forest draw he referenced saw four attackers on the pitch – but it simply isn’t working now.On Saturday, it was galling to see something resembling a 3-3-4 formation used, but at that point, Liverpool could have been playing any system!Things have to change fast for Slot, and while injuries aren’t helping him, such gung-ho tactics are not something you associate with a Premier League-winning manager.