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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League games at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the international break. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot made multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were able to generate chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”