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Arne Slot declared he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough excuses 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 made multiple offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter 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 initial 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”