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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side contended the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus City before the international break. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot made multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”