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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot made several offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 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 Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were able to generate chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”