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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side argued the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

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

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were able to create chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”