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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in seven Premier League matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality players 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 adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

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

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot introduced several offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home league games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to generate opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”