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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”