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Arne Slot stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after the Reds endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting 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 win or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home 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.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”