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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the international break. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“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 Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games against Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”