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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten 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 doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot made several attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”