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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in seven English top-flight games on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

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 eighth defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose 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 doubting 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 losing. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as the coach introduced multiple attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time 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 team 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.”