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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we barely generated anything.

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

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display unravelled as the coach introduced several offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area 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 able to create chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”