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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable 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 acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the opening half-hour maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”