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Arne Slot stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds suffered a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would find a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded 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 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

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

The team's display unravelled as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”