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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not 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 identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to create chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”