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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League matches at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach introduced multiple offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

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