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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

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

The team's performance fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back league games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to create chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”