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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role first and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the flow of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are victorious but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach made multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league games against Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the opening 30 minutes perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to generate chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”