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Arne Slot declared he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as the coach introduced multiple offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”