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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in seven Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal should have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach made multiple offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League fixtures against Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”