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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side contended the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot introduced several attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

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