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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear 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 myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient excuses 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 introduced several attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible result. 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 perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”