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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight matches at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“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: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach introduced several attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

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