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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed 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 Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with 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 made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”