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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League games by Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box 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 able to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”