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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody 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 initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot introduced multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so much 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 fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”