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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot made several offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield league fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were able to generate chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”