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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were able to generate opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”