Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has lamented the "mess" his side's season has become and called on all the players to start taking more responsibility, insisting they were letting down head coach Arne Slot.

The 3-0 home defeat by Nottingham Forest -- a sixth in seven league matches -- left the defending champions 11th, the first time in more than a decade the club have been in the bottom half of the table.

Van Dijk usually offers a level-headed assessment after matches but the latest defeat prompted a more apt response.

"We are definitely letting him [Slot] down but we've let ourselves down as well," he said.

"You look at yourself first and then you help each other, you help each other get out of this mess because at the moment it is a mess -- that's just a fact.

"As the cham

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