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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in seven English top-flight games at home against Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City before the international break. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we barely created anything.

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

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot introduced multiple attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”