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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable 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 not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot made multiple attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising 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 arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

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