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Arne Slot stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in seven Premier League matches at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City before the international break. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back league games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to create chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”