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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” following the Reds suffered a sixth loss in 7 Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution out of the champions’ poor run.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, delivered the biggest win at Anfield in their club records as the Merseyside club fell to an 8th loss in eleven matches in all competitions. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was once more unnoticeable and the home side argued the defender's opener ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort versus City before the national team pause. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 at home to 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 flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the talented footballers we have. No matter if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am accountable for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are losing. I can never provide enough excuses for us to have the results we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot introduced multiple offensive changes when chasing the game. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to make it 1-1. At that time it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive home league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered back-to-back top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a terrible result. Surprising if you consider the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the entire campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they scored.

“It wasn’t against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were able to create chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”