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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League matches at home to Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach introduced several attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”