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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in 7 Premier League games at home against Forest and affirmed he would find a way from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Anfield in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side contended the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the flow of a match. Before I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Afterwards we hardly created any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas 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 liable when you are losing. I can not provide sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as the coach introduced multiple attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] out and put on the Portuguese forward and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league games by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive league games by a 3-0 margin was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the opening half-hour maybe the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other game we have been the controlling side and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly consistently that we miss our chances and the attempts we concede find the net.”