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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games at home against Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side argued Murillo’s opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”