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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League games at home against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot made several offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

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