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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a 6th defeat in seven Premier League matches on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more anonymous and the home side argued the defender's first goal should have been disallowed for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City prior to the international break. But Slot admitted the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

“I wish to stress I am accountable for the present losses. You are answerable when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide enough reasons for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League games against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered back-to-back league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

The manager said: “It was extremely poor. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so many chances in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the first time 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 controlling team and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we allow find the net.”