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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in 7 English top-flight matches on their own turf against Forest and affirmed he would find a solution out of the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, delivered the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and the home side contended the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal against City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and made no excuses.

“No one wants to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should look at my own role initially and my team, but it does show you how a score can alter the flow of a match. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you look back you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, where can we make changes?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never come up with enough reasons for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance unravelled as the coach made several offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home league fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost back-to-back league games by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “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 consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial 30 minutes perhaps the entire campaign, and the initial occasion they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is almost consistently that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede find the net.”