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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games at home against Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role 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 score a goal. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot made multiple attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”