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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City before the international break. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated any chances.

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

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach made multiple offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”