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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches at home to Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City before the international break. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”