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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

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

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home league games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”