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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool endured a 6th loss in seven English top-flight matches on their own turf against Forest and insisted he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool argued the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for similar reasons to the captain's disallowed effort against Manchester City prior to the international break. But the manager admitted the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to look at my own role initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Before I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we hardly created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘In which areas can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning yourself.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also liable when you are defeated. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

The team's performance fell apart as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Forest last season,” he said. “I took the French defender off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he found the net straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league games by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing at home, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the dominant team and were capable to generate opportunities. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we allow find the net.”