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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in seven Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City before the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games against Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede go in.”