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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, 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 disallowed effort against Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot made several attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”