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Arne Slot declared he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight matches at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City before the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach made multiple offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”