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Arne Slot declared he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against City before the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, especially with the talented players 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 your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe 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 fixture we have been the controlling side and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the ones we concede find the net.”