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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games at home against Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, 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 Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten 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 questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot made several attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home Premier League games by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were able to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”