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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth loss in seven Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never 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 unravelled as the coach made multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were able to generate chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede go in.”