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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot made multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”