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Arne Slot declared he had to “look at myself” after the Reds endured a sixth loss in 7 Premier League games at home against 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, produced the largest victory at Anfield in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's opener ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the international break. But the manager admitted the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“No one wants to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 at home to Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I should examine myself initially and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a score can change the momentum of a game. Before I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Afterwards we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a way out, particularly with the talented players we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we make changes?’ but that is different from doubting yourself.

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

The team's performance fell apart as the coach introduced multiple attacking substitutions when chasing the game. “It was the same on the road at Forest the previous campaign,” he said. “I took Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on the Portuguese forward and he scored straight away to make it 1-1. Then it was courageous, now it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost back-to-back home Premier League fixtures by Forest in 1963. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive top-flight matches by a three-goal scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot said: “It was extremely poor. Competing at home, conceding 3-0 no matter which opponent you encounter is a terrible result. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so many chances in the opening 30 minutes maybe the whole campaign, and the initial occasion they arrived in our penalty area they found the back of the net.

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