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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would find a way from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the international break. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot made several attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered 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 dominant team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”