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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in seven Premier League matches at home against Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in eleven matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at my own role initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can change the flow of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented players we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot introduced multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive home league games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire season, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to create chances. Recently it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”