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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach introduced multiple attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede go in.”