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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

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