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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in seven Premier League games at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived 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 create opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”