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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City before the international break. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”