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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League games at home to Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against City before the international break. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach made several offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”