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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League matches at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot made several offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home league games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”