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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as the coach made multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield league fixtures against Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”