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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter 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 something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach made several attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

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