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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight matches at home against Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven 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 disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

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

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”