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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches at home to Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City before the international break. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality players 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 adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach introduced multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”