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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot introduced multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”