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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. 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 Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach made several attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”