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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City before the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league games against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were able to create chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”