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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot introduced several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

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

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”