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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial half-hour maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”