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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth loss in seven Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient 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 performance fell apart as Slot introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”