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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell 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 disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at my own role initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

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