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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City before the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “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 courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

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

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. 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 all other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”