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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight games at home against Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”