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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the international break. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot introduced multiple attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to create chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”