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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the international break. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially 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 net a goal. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were able to generate chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”