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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. 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 fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league games by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”