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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a sixth loss in seven Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home league games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”