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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches at home against Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot introduced several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we concede go in.”