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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in seven English top-flight matches at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. No matter 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 make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

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

The team's display unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”