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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a 6th defeat in seven Premier League matches at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was again anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's opener should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot made multiple attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s likely unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games against Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”