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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. 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 the coach made several offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the first time 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 constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”