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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches at home to Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot made several offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”