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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games 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 largest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot introduced multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”