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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with 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 fell apart as Slot introduced multiple attacking changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire season, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”