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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself 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 net a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the results 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 chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield league games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

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