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Arne Slot declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot made multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

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