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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach introduced several offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”