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Arne Slot declared he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

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

The team's performance unravelled as the coach introduced several offensive changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home league fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”