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Arne Slot declared he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot introduced several attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”