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

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach made multiple offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home Premier League games by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”