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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City before the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are winning 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 not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach made several attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back league games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to generate chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”