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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in seven Premier League matches at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions 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 goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

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

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach made several offensive 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 straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box 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 create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we allow go in.”