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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would find a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as the coach made several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home league games 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 very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”