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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot made multiple attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to generate chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”