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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach introduced multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home league games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”