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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”