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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the international break. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely created anything.

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

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home league games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”