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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in seven English top-flight matches at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

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

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot introduced multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League games by Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive league games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”