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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against City before the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach introduced multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”