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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight matches at home to Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless 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 doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as the coach introduced several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we allow go in.”