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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach made several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant team and were able to generate chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”