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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in 7 Premier League matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the international break. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach made several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”