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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven Premier League matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side argued the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City before the international break. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot made several attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home Premier League games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow go in.”