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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach introduced multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”