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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in 7 Premier League games on their own turf to Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus City before the national team pause. But Slot admitted the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“No one wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present defeats. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach made several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he said. “I substituted the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in back-to-back at Anfield league fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to generate opportunities. Recently it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”