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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight matches at home to Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot made several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back league games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”