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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking 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 squad, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced several offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”