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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly generated any chances.

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

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from 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 on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”