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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in seven English top-flight games at home against Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking 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 team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

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

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot made several attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted 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 last lost two successive at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire season, 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 side and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”