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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven Premier League games at home against Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener should have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph 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 something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not 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 the coach made several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we concede go in.”