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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible result. Surprising 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 first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”