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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games at home against Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot made several offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad 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 entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”