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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League games against Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

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