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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, delivered the largest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th defeat in 11 matches in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine my own role initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a way out, particularly with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting your abilities.

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

Liverpool’s display unravelled as Slot introduced several offensive substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive at Anfield league games against Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a three-goal margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the whole season, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the dominant side and were able to generate chances. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our chances and the attempts we allow find the net.”