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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in seven Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City before the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility 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 should examine myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot made multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow go in.”