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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot introduced multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”