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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League matches at home against Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot made multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”