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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in seven English top-flight games on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot made several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home league games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”