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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight games at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

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

The team's performance unravelled as the coach introduced multiple attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter 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 entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”