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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach made several offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”