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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would find a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

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

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were able to create chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”