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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against City before the international break. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes 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 ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot introduced several offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived 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 team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”