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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role first 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. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot introduced several offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”