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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in seven Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”