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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games at home against Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”