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Arne Slot declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening half-hour maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

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