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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions 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 goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”