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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home 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 said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”