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Arne Slot declared he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach made several offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home league fixtures against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”