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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home league fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to create chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”