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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a sixth loss in seven English top-flight matches at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced several attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”