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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a sixth loss in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would find a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City before the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot made multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield league games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were able to generate chances. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”