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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the international break. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious 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 display fell apart as the coach made several offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

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