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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth 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 before kick off, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility 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 Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win 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 doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach made several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to create chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”