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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach made several offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, 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 every other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we concede go in.”