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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth loss in seven Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the champions’ 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 8th loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put 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 likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”