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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off 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 stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”