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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight games at home against Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach introduced several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”