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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”