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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten 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 your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back league games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were able to create chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”