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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality 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 make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced several attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home league games against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”