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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in seven Premier League games on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced several offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area 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 capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”