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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach introduced several offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”