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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck stopped 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 Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced several attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”