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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended the defender's opener should have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am accountable for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as Slot introduced several attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League games against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost back-to-back league games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow go in.”