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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches at home to Forest and affirmed he would find a solution out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants 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 look at myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home Premier League games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

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