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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City before the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot introduced multiple attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home Premier League games by Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to generate chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”