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Arne Slot stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach introduced multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League games by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to create chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”