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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

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

The team's performance fell apart as the coach introduced several offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League games against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to create chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”