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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, 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 improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”