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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality players 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 make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting 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 losing. 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 to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow go in.”