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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself first and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot made several offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home Premier League fixtures against Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant team and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”