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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a sixth loss in seven Premier League games on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a way out of the title holders' poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool slipped to an eighth defeat in eleven matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's opener should have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we barely created any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient reasons for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot made several offensive substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home league fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the opening half-hour maybe the whole season, and the initial occasion they entered in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant side and were able to create opportunities. Recently it is almost constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”