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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived 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 generate opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”