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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

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