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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the international break. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish 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 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 Slot introduced multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

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

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede go in.”