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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th defeat in seven English top-flight games at home to Forest and insisted he would find a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should look at myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach introduced several offensive changes when pursuing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield Premier League games by Forest in 1963. The last time they suffered back-to-back league matches by a three-goal margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our penalty area they scored.

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