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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home league fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team 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 maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”