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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a sixth defeat 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, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach made several offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were able to create chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”