Liverpool head coach admitted one thing he told his players during the 1-1 draw with was "completely wrong". came off the bench to rescue a point for his side after Chris Wood's first-half opener.
At the final whistle, Slot was asked about whether what he saw from his team provided any . But, brushing aside the idea that his roster needs signings, he explained that he feels he has more than enough options available to change matches using substitutions.
"I think you saw today again that I can still strengthen the team or impact the game with the substitutes I have on the bench," Slot said during his post-match press conference at the City Ground.
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"Not for the first time this season, these players have helped us, that I could bring in. If you look at today, like I said, I couldn’t have asked for more. I said to them at half-time don’t get frustrated, you will not get many chances, probably the game is going to be slow.
"But just keep focusing on what you have to do and hopefully you will get two or three chances and let’s try to score from that. I was completely wrong because they created chance after chance after chance."
While did have plenty of shots — 23 in total across the course of the 90 minutes — most were charged down by the Nottingham Forest backline. and had the best opportunities but there were still numerous red shirts between them and Matz Sels' goal when they made those attempts.
With the scoreline ending level, Liverpool remains six points ahead at the Premier League's summit. Arsenal plays Spurs later today and could close the gap, but would then have played a game more.
Liverpool.com says: Getting a point at Nottingham Forest isn't the worst result. Liverpool should have played better in the first half, in particular, and it could have been a different result with slightly better finishing. The breakaway with Diaz and Cody Gakpo in the first half was an especially big chance that, if converted, would have changed the course of the match.