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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself first and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach made several offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “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 brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home Premier League games by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”