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Liverpool's head coach stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the international break. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 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. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not 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 performance fell apart as Slot introduced several attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] 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 back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were able to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”