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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches at home to Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus City before the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach made multiple offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede go in.”