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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current defeats. 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 acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach introduced several offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive league games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”