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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the international break. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot introduced multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”