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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made several attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we concede go in.”