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Arne Slot declared he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool endured a 6th loss in seven English top-flight matches at home against Forest and affirmed he would discover a solution from the champions’ poor run.

Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, produced the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their club records as the Merseyside club slipped to an 8th loss in eleven fixtures in all competitions. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was again unnoticeable and Liverpool contended the defender's first goal ought to have been ruled out for similar reasons to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City prior to the international break. But Slot conceded the buck rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wishes to listen to me now talking about refereeing decisions if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Reds' boss. “I should examine my own role first and my squad, but it demonstrates you how a goal can change the momentum of a game. Earlier I was just waiting for us to net a goal. Later we hardly created anything.

“Naturally there is a path forward, especially with the talented footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or lose when you look back you are always thinking: ‘Where can we do better, where can we adjust?’ 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 come up with enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am to blame for that.”

Liverpool’s display unravelled as the coach introduced several attacking substitutions when pursuing the match. “It was the identical away at Nottingham Forest last season,” he remarked. “I substituted Ibou [Ibrahima Konaté] off and brought on [Diogo] Jota and he scored immediately to equalize at 1-1. Then it was brave, now it’s probably unwise.”

Liverpool previously were defeated in back-to-back home Premier League fixtures against Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they lost consecutive league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in 1965.

Slot said: “It was very bad. Playing on home soil, conceding 3-0 regardless of which opponent you encounter is a very, very bad outcome. Unexpected if you consider the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us producing so much in the opening half-hour perhaps the whole season, and the first time they entered in our box they scored.

“It did not happen against Manchester City, but in every other game we have been the controlling side and were capable to generate chances. Recently it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”