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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a sixth loss in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot introduced several offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”