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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th 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 Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display unravelled as the coach made several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible result. 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 campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were able to create chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”