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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City before the international break. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created anything.

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

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot made multiple offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought 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 league games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”