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Arne Slot stated he needed to “look at myself” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in seven English top-flight matches at home against Nottingham Forest and insisted he would discover a way out of the title holders' slump.

Forest, fighting against the drop before kick off, produced the largest win at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in 11 fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against City prior to the national team pause. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wishes to hear me now speaking about refereeing decisions if you are defeated 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a strike. Later we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality players we have. Regardless if you win or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from doubting yourself.

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

Liverpool’s performance fell apart as the coach introduced several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the same on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield Premier League fixtures against Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Unexpected if you look at the opening 30 minutes of the match. I haven’t seen us creating so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in all other fixture we have been the controlling team and were able to generate chances. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our chances and the ones we concede go in.”