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

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to create chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”