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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not 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.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League games against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”