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Arne Slot declared he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself first and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, 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 did not witness us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”