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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games at home to Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener should have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph 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 your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter 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 much in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”