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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight matches at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot made several offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”