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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight matches at home to Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“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: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot introduced several attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home league games against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”