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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in seven Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City before the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers 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 responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home Premier League games by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

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