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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

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

The team's display unravelled as the coach introduced multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league games against Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”