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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the champions’ slump.

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 slipped to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot introduced multiple attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”