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

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

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

The team's display fell apart as the coach made several offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home league games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were capable to create chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”