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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven English top-flight games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”