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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus City before the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient 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 unravelled as the coach introduced several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games against Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”