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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility 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,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

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

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were able to generate chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”