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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight games at home to Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener should have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present 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 outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back league games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”