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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in seven English top-flight matches at home to Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side argued the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish 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 not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”