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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot introduced multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent 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 many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to create chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”