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Arne Slot stated he had to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in seven Premier League matches at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone before kick off, produced the biggest victory at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as Liverpool fell to an eighth loss in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was once more unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed effort against Manchester City before the national team pause. But the manager admitted the responsibility stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wants to listen to me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Reds' boss. “I ought to examine myself first and my squad, but it does show you how a goal can alter the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Afterwards we barely generated any chances.

“Of course there is a way out, especially with the quality footballers we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the current losses. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from acceptable and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as Slot introduced several attacking changes when chasing the match. “It was the same away at Forest last season,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, currently it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in two successive home Premier League games by Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive top-flight matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, losing 3-0 regardless of which opponent you face is a terrible outcome. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes 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 game we have been the controlling team and were able to create opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow find the net.”