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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot introduced several offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive league matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

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