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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight games at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City before the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly created any chances.

“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: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach introduced multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad 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 entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the ones we concede go in.”