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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot introduced several offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to create chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”