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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League matches at home to Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped 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 opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach made several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were able to generate chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”