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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way from the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Later we barely created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as the coach introduced several offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t at City, but in every other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”