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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a sixth loss in seven Premier League matches at home against Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out 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 made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish 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 provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot made several offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”