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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” following the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool argued Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach introduced several offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling side and were capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”