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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth loss in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced several offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were able to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”