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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League matches at home to Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we allow go in.”