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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

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

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced several attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home league games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”