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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in seven Premier League games at home against Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot made several attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”