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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven Premier League games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against City before the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach made multiple offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”