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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach made multiple offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider 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 arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”