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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches at home to Nottingham 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 victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took 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 probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”