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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in seven Premier League matches at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way from the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes 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 myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening half-hour maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”