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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games at home against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home league fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”