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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

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