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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach introduced several offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible 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 half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were able to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”