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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “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 opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow go in.”