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Arne Slot declared he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the international break. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. 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.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home league games against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”