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Liverpool's head coach declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth loss in seven English top-flight games at home to Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot introduced multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”