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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted 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 likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home league games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive league matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”