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Arne Slot declared he had to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a 6th loss in 7 Premier League games on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. 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 fell apart as Slot made several attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes maybe the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”