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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ 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 winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

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