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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would find a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in 11 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 disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the buck rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself initially and my team, but it does show you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the present defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display fell apart as the coach made multiple attacking changes when pursuing the game. “It was the identical on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely stupid.”

Liverpool last lost two successive home Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour maybe the entire season, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they scored.

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