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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games at home against Forest and insisted he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach introduced several attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow go in.”