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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot made multiple offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. 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 box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”