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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in seven Premier League games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”