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Arne Slot stated he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds suffered a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight games on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against City before the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different 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 not come up with enough reasons 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 fell apart as Slot introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”