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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide enough reasons 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 same on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

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