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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight matches at home to Forest and insisted he would find a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side contended the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach made several attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other fixture we have been the dominant team and were able to generate chances. Recently it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”