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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a sixth loss in seven English top-flight games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City before the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose 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 stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach introduced several offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield league games by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester 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 fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”