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Arne Slot declared he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented players we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as Slot made several attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”