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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot made several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost back-to-back at Anfield league games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”