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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League matches at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as the coach introduced several attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought 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 against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial half-hour maybe the whole season, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”