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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the international break. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made several attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”