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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough 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 same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to create chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”