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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

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

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot made multiple attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”