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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth loss in seven English top-flight games on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach introduced several attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”