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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in seven English top-flight games at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot introduced multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”