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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game 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 concede find the net.”