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Arne Slot stated he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 Premier League matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Anfield in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at myself first and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach introduced several attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of 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 producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, 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 game we have been the controlling side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”