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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot introduced multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole 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 side and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”