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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself first and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot made multiple offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”