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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in seven Premier League games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

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

The team's performance unravelled as the coach introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”