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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City before the international break. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”