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Arne Slot declared he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City before the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home league games against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”