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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight games at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible 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 display unravelled as the coach introduced several offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”