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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home league games by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back league games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 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 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”