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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot made several attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home league games against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

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