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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”