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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in 7 Premier League games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach made several offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to generate chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”