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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted 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,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

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

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

The team's display unravelled as the coach made several attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to generate chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”