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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches at home to Forest and insisted he would find a way from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the international break. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with 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 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] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League games by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”