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Arne Slot declared he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven English top-flight games at home to Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach introduced multiple attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

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 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”