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

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach made several offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home league games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to generate opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”