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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth loss in seven Premier League matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield league fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back league games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to create chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”