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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight games at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended Murillo’s first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus Manchester City before the international break. But the manager admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a goal. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented players we have. No matter if you win or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as Slot made several offensive substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes 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 arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede go in.”