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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a 6th loss in seven English top-flight games at home against Forest and affirmed he would find a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about officiating calls 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 score can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want 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 enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team 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 half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to create chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”