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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach introduced multiple offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”