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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot made several attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home league games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”