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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Later we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph 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 questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as Slot made several offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”