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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we hardly generated anything.

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

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot introduced multiple attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”