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Arne Slot stated he needed to “examine my own performance” after Liverpool endured a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight matches at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire season, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”