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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches at home to Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home Premier League games against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”