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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight matches at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“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 look at my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot made several offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league games against Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”