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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League games at home to Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot made multiple attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole 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 team and were capable to create chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”