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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League games at home against Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City before the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot introduced several attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”