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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City before the international break. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach made multiple attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”