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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight games at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Of course 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 do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach introduced multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”