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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach introduced multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we allow go in.”