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Arne Slot declared he had to “examine my own performance” following Liverpool suffered a 6th loss in 7 English top-flight matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as Liverpool fell to an 8th defeat in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The most expensive domestic acquisition, the Swedish striker, was again anonymous and the home side contended the defender's first goal should have been ruled out for comparable grounds to the captain's disallowed effort versus City prior to the international break. But the manager conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to examine myself initially and my team, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the flow of a game. Earlier I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Afterwards we barely created anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. No matter if you win or are beaten when you reflect you are always thinking: ‘Where can we improve, where can we make changes?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I want to stress I am responsible for the present losses. You are responsible when you are victorious but also responsible when you are defeated. I can never provide sufficient excuses for us to have the results we have. That is not acceptable and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display fell apart as Slot introduced multiple attacking substitutions when pursuing the game. “It was the same away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender off and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was brave, now it’s likely stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield league fixtures by Forest in the sixties. The last time they lost consecutive top-flight games by a three-goal scoreline was in 1965.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Competing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a terrible outcome. Surprising if you look at the first half-hour of the game. I haven’t seen us producing so much in the initial half-hour maybe the whole season, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to generate chances. Lately it is nearly constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we allow go in.”