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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth loss in seven English top-flight games on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough excuses 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 multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial half-hour maybe the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”