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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot made multiple attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing 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 did not witness us creating so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”