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Arne Slot declared he needed to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck rested 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 Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide 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 unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we concede find the net.”